When you respond to stress, the brain sounds the alarm to activate the fight or flight response. The brain sends signals to your muscles and glands, which causes your body to be flooded with dozens of hormones. These hormones produce and regulate these responses:
- heart rate and blood pressure increase
- pupils dilate to take in more light
- blood floods to major muscle groups
- glucose levels in the blood rise
- muscles tense
- oxygen flows into the lungs
- nonessential systems shut down
- ability to focus diminishes as your brain tries to determine the source of the threat
Adrenaline: Your adrenal glands secrete the hormone adrenaline, also known as epinephrine, when you are stressed. Adrenaline speeds up your heart beat, strengthens the force of your heart's contraction, and opens up the bronchioles, the tiny tubes that carry air to the air sacs in the lungs.
Glucocorticoids: Your adrenal glands also release glucocorticoids. Glucocorticoids are hormones that quickly convert fats, proteins, and carbohydrates into the energy your body and brain needs to perform in a stressful situation.
Cortisol: One of the glucocorticoids, cortisol, is the principal steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands. The positive benefits of cortisol in a fight or flight situation include a short burst of energy, better memory function, and lower sensitivity to pain.
What is a hormone that quickens your heart beat, strengthens the force of your heart’s contraction, and open up the bronchioles in your lungs?
- adrenimine
- progesterone
- creatine
- adrenaline
Adrenaline is a hormone that quickens your heart beat, forces your heart to contract and opens up the bronchioles in your lungs.
Adrenaline is a hormone that quickens your heart beat, forces your heart to contract and opens up the bronchioles in your lungs.
Adrenaline is a hormone that quickens your heart beat, forces your heart to contract and opens up the bronchioles in your lungs.
Adrenaline is a hormone that quickens your heart beat, forces your heart to contract and opens up the bronchioles in your lungs.
Cortisol is one of what group of steroid compounds that are produced by the adrenal cortex?
- glucocorticoids
- glucocorticanious
- glucocorticines
- glucococoa
Cortisol is on eo the glucocorticoids produced by the adrenal cortex.
A Cortisol is on eo the glucocorticoids produced by the adrenal cortex.
Cortisol is on eo the glucocorticoids produced by the adrenal cortex.
Cortisol is on eo the glucocorticoids produced by the adrenal cortex.
What hormone provides a short burst of energy, gives you better memory function, and lowers your sensitivity to pain?
- epinephrine
- cortisol
- progesterone
- neophrine
Cortisol is a hormone that provides a short burst of energy, gives you better memory function, and lowers sensitivity to pain.
Cortisol is a hormone that provides a short burst of energy, gives you better memory function, and lowers sensitivity to pain.
BCortisol is a hormone that provides a short burst of energy, gives you better memory function, and lowers sensitivity to pain.
Cortisol is a hormone that provides a short burst of energy, gives you better memory function, and lowers sensitivity to pain.
When your body responds to stress, how do your muscles and glands respond?
- They flood your body with adrenaline.
- They help you choose a response.
- They make your more alert.
- They flood your body with dozens of hormones.
When your body responds to stress, it releases dozens of hormones.
When your body responds to stress, it releases dozens of hormones.
When your body responds to stress, it releases dozens of hormones.
When your body responds to stress, it releases dozens of hormones.
What is the impact of the dozens of hormones that flood your body during stress?
- They alter your body’s systems to manage the stress.
- They shut down several body systems.
- They cause you to lose control.
- They cause you to choose fight or flight.
The hormones released during stress alter your body’s systems to manage stress.
The hormones released during stress alter your body’s systems to manage stress.
The hormones released during stress alter your body’s systems to manage stress.
The hormones released during stress alter your body’s systems to manage stress.
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