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Title: What happens for the following during Fight or Flight Response?
Post by: chickenpop on May 15, 2010, 05:39:06 pm

I'm having trouble with this question, can someone help me out please  :)

a) What happens for the following during Fight or Flight Response?

-pupil
-salivation
-respiration
-heart rate
-sweat glands
-adrenal glands
-digestion
-bladder

b) Why does the sympathetic nervous system perform these actions when confronted with a stressor

Title: Re: What happens for the following during Fight or Flight Response?
Post by: Tashi on May 15, 2010, 05:42:48 pm

Ok I'll try answering but I haven't starting going over Brain and Nervous system yet (argh)

The pupils dilate, salivation increases, respiration increases, heart rate increases, sweat glands produce more sweat or something, adrenal glands secrete hormones into our blood stream, digestion decreases and bladder contractions decrease. The sympathetic n.s. does this to prepare our body to deal with the stressor.

It's all in your textbook and it's a pretty straightforward question but I can't be bothered looking it up :P

Title: Re: What happens for the following during Fight or Flight Response?
Post by: Visionz on May 15, 2010, 07:05:57 pm

OP I havent done much on this but its sort of common knowledge as to what would happen to most of those features under stress. Theres a table in the grivas textbook that has all of this info. pg137?