Chapter 4: Endocrine Responses to Resistance Exercise

Question 1

General Adaptation Syndrome

Answer 1

• Refers to the body’s response to a stressor
• Begins with an initial alarm reaction (reduction of function)
• Followed by an increase in resistance to the stress (adaptation)

Question 2

Anabolic

Answer 2

To build

Question 3

Permissive

Answer 3

To allow

Question 4

Catabolic

Answer 4

To break down

Question 5

Hormones

Answer 5

Chemical messengers or signal molecules that are synthesized, stores, and released into the blood by endocrine glands and other cells

Question 6

Endocrine Glands

Answer 6

Body structures specialized for the synthesis of hormones

Question 7

Neurotransmitter

Answer 7

• Have hormonal functions

- Synthesized, stored, and secreted by neurons

Question 8

Neuroendocrinology

Answer 8

The study of the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system

Question 9

General process of hormone response

Answer 9

• Endocrine glands are stimulated to release hormones by a chemical signal received by receptors on the gland or by direct neural stimulation
• Hormones are released into the blood
• Blood carries the hormones to hormone-specific receptors located on the surface or in the cytosol of the target tissue cells