Stress Management: Quiz 2

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

-Responsible for expending energy -Increase heart rate -Dilate pupils -Dilate coronary arteries

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

Corticotropin Releasing Factor (CRF)

What activates the adrenal cortex to secrete corticoid hormones?

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)

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

Cerebral Cortex

What are the two major components of the brain?

Cerebral Cortex and Subcortex

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

Pons

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

Reticular Activating System (RAS)

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

Subcortex

A relatively frail person who pulls a car off a child pinned beneath it would be an example of fight-or-flight.

TRUE

Men and women respond to stress differently because of gender-based hormonal differences.

TRUE

Norepinephrine and Epinephrine are more commonly known as adrenaline and noradrenaline.

TRUE

Oxytocin, thyroxin, and vasopressin help the body prepare for a physical response to a stressor.

TRUE

The cerebral cortex is also called the grey matter.

TRUE

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

Thalamus

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

Thyroid gland

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)

A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland is called what?

Oxytocin or vasopressin

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

Endocrine System

Brain cells destroyed by prolonged stress can regenerate themselves.

FALSE

Cortisol and aldosterone are types of muscle tissue.

FALSE

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 heartbeat and breathing is called the...

Medulla Oblongata

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

Norepinephrine