Fight/Flight or Rest/Digest | Hormones & Enzymes | Terms & Conditions |
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What is Rest and Digest?
In this mode, urine secretion increases.
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What is cortisol?
Stress hormone that increases during flight or flight response and is produced in the adrenal cortex.
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What is Bronchodilation?
Term for when bronchial muscles relax to make breathing easier.
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What is Fight or Flight?
Pupils contract, creating tunnel vision.
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What is acetylcholine?
Used as a neurotransmitter during rest and digest.
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What is the sympathetic nervous system?
Division of the nervous system that is most active during fight or flight.
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What is Rest and Digest?
The parasympathetic division decreases respiration and heart rate.
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What is Glycogenolysis?
Process of breaking down glycogen to use as an immediate energy source.
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What is the constriction of pupils?
When the retina detects light and epinephrine secretion decreases, this occurs.
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