Stress management- the brain

The upper part of the brain responsible for thinking functions is called the....

cerebral cortex

The network of nerves that connects the mind and body is called the...

Reticular activating system

The part of the subcortex responsible for regulating sleep is...

Suprachiasmatic nucleus located in the hypothalamus

The part of the diencephalon that relays sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex is called the...

Thalamus

The system that is comprised of hormones that regulate physiological functions is called the...

The autonomic nervous system.

An endocrine gland that secretes the hormone thyroxin that is involved in the stress reaction is called the...

Thyroid Gland

What activates the adrenal cortex to secrete corticoid hormones?

adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

What are the two major components of the brain?

cerebral cortex and subcortex

What is released by the hypothalamus and results in the release of adrenocorticotropic hormones?

corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)

A catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla, often called noradrenalin, is what?

norepinephrine

The lower part of the brain responsible for various physiological processes necessary to stay alive is...

subcortex

What stimulates the thyroid gland to secrete thyroxin?

thyrotropic hormone (TTH)

What is released by the hypothalamus and stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete thyrotropic hormone?

thyrotropic hormone releasing factor (TRF)

When you encounter a stressor, what does the sympathetic nervous system regulate in the body?

Heart races, dilated pupils, dilated coronary arteries

The part of the brain that "sounds the alarm" when stress is present is called the...

Hippocampus

The part of the subcortex responsible for regulation of heart beat and breathing is....

Medulla oblongata

A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland is called what?

Oxytocin - A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland vasopressin