Quiz 2 - Stress Management
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 (Grey matter)
What is released by the hypothalamus and results in the release of adrenocorticotropic hormones?
Corticotropin Releasing Factor (CRF)
The network of nerves that connects the mind and body is called the...
Reticular Activating system
The lower part of the brain responsible for various physiological processes necessary to stay alive is called the...
Subcortex
What are the two major components of the brain?
Subcortex & Cerebral Cortex
The part of the subcortex responsible for regulating sleep is called the...
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus located in the hypothalamus
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 thyroxine?
Thyrotropic Hormone (TTH)
What is released by the hypothalamus and stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete thyrotropic hormone?
Thyrotropic Hormone Releasing Factor (TRF)
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
The cerebral cortex is also called the grey matter
True
A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland is called what?
Vasopressin (ADH) and Oxytocin
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
Oxytocin, thyroxin, and vasopressin help the body prepare for a physical response to a stressor
False
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 heartbeat and breathing is called the...
Medulla Oblongata
A catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla, often called noradrenalin, is what?
Norepinephrine
