Across
- 8. Thoughts and behaviors used to manage stressful situations
- 10. The best way to relieve stress
- 11. One factor that affects your stress response system
- 12. A state of mental or emotional strain or tension
- 15. Stress that comes and goes each day
- 16. The normal balanced state of the body's internal systems
Down
- 1. Long-term stress
- 2. Responsible for setting off the body's stress response system; Part of the brain
- 3. Stress caused by positive events or situations
- 4. A natural chemical substance produced by the body
- 5. Stress caused by negative events or situations
- 6. The body's stress response system
- 7. The primary stress hormone; Increases blood sugar and slows nonessential body functions
- 9. Anything that causes a state of stress
- 13. Glands Release a surge of hormones; Rest on top of your kidneys
- 14. Stress hormone that increases heart rate and blood pressure