6 Mark Answer Fight or Flight

What does adrenaline do?

Causes an increase in heart rate and blood pressure. Breathing becomes more rapid, oxygenating the blood, preparing the body for fight or flight.

What does this involve?

Changes in the nervous system and the secretion of hormones that are necessary to sustain arousal.

What's the fight or flight response?

The fight or flight response is a survival response enabling the organism to react rapidly in dangerous situations.

What happens if a stressor continues?

The initial surge of adrenaline subsides and the hypothalamus activates the HPA axis for chronic stress.

When triggered what happens?

The sympathetic nervous system sends a signal to the adrenal medulla to release adrenaline into the bloodstream, which prepares the body for fight or flight.

It is a sequence of activity within the body that's triggered when?

When the body prepares itself for defending or attacking (fight) or running away to safety (flight).