How stress affects our body?

How stress affects our body?

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How stress affects our body?

How stress affects our body?

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Your adrenal gland releases the following stress hormone(s):

Cortisol

Noradrenaline

Adrenaline

All of the above

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

1) Stress can increase your risk of a heart attack or stroke by all of the following except:

raising your blood pressure

slowing your heart rate

making the lining of your blood vessels more susceptible to damage

increasing inflammation in your blood vessels

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Through the enteric nervous system, stress causes:

a change in the composition and function of gut bacteria

decreased sensitivity to stomach acid

food allergies

iron deficiency

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does cortisol add to belly fat?

it increases your appetite

it slows your metabolism

it causes cravings for carbohydrates, or "comfort foods"

it increases your appetite and causes cravings for carbohydrates

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Telomeres, the shoelace tip ends on chromosomes:

scramble DNA when a cell divides

can be shortened by stress

lengthen with each cell division

can be replenished when they become too short

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where are the endocrine glands that control the HPA axis?

Brain and spinal cord.

Skin and heart.

Brain and kidneys.

Stomach and kidneys.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does increased cortisol make you more afraid?

It increases the activity of the neurons in the fear center of your brain, the amygdala.

It decreases the activity in your frontal cortex, which controls courage.

It tricks your brain into thinking there's danger.

It increases connections between neurons.

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