chronic stress response

Question 1

what system triggers the chronic stress response

Answer 1

endocrine system

Question 2

what is the chronic stress response a response to

Answer 2

long term response to acute stress

Question 3

TRUE or FALSE the chronic stress response is slower than the fight or flight response

Answer 3

TRUE
its slower due to using just the endocrine system

Question 4

explain the process of the chronic stress response

Answer 4

a stressor continues to be perceived as threatening and therefore activates hypothalamus

produces corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) to the bloodstream and arrives a pituitary gland

pituitary gland produces ACTH which travels towards the kidneys

the adrenal cortex releases cortisol which increases pain threshold, energy, blood pressure but it impairs cognition and lowers immune-response

if levels rise too high, reduction is made in CRF and ACTH