Stress and Coping - Biological crossword
Across
- 2. / general action is to mobilize the body's nervous system; fight-or-flight response
- 3. / hormone produced by the hypothalamus that stimulates the pituitary gland
- 4. / secreted from the pituitary gland and stimulates the adrenal cortex; often produced in response to biological stress
- 5. / functions of the body: regulating heart rate, blood vessel and air passage diameters; crucial to the fight-or-flight response of the sympathetic nervous system.
- 6. / mediates the stress response through the production of glucocorticoids, including cortisol
- 7. / a major endocrine gland
- 8. / functions to control fear responses, the secretion of hormones and arousal
- 9. / links the nervous system to the endocrine system via the pituitary gland
- 10. / underlies the fight-or-flight response, directly increasing heart rate, triggering the release of glucose from energy stores, and increasing blood flow to skeletal muscle and the brain's oxygen supply.
Down
- 1. / a complex set of direct influences and feedback interactions among the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland and the adrenal glands
- 6. / surrounded by the adrenal cortex, consisting cells that secrete epinephrine and norepinephrine