Threat Responses Flashcards
Within autonomic nervous system, there are two networks (2)
Sympathetic nervous system
Parasympathetic nervous system
Sympathetic nervous system prepares body for _
Fight or flight
Parasympathetic nervous system prepares body for _
Rest and recovery
Two systems act to _ but in exactly opposite ways
Control same organs and other parts of body
When animal is not in fight-or-flight mode, parasympathetic nervous system sends signals from _ to various organs
Spinal cord
Signals sent from spinal cord to various organs from parasympathetic nervous system, calms them and puts body into _ mode
Rest and digest
In rest-and-digest mode, energy is directed towards carrying out maintenance functions such as (2)
Absorbing nutrients
Repairing body (through immune system)
Insects don’t have _ but they have a similar hormone
Epinephrine
Instead of epinephrine, insects have _
Octopamine
Octopamine increases heart rate and releases _ ready for fight or flight
It can take 20-60 minutes for body to recover from _
Stress
Chain of _ responses cause fight or flight (2)
Hormonal
Physical
Playing dead is a reaction called _
Tonic immobility
Tonic immobility aka
Thanatosis