SLEEP VOCABULARY

THIS HORMONES STIMULATES THE UTERUS TO PREPARE FOR PREGNANCY

• ESTROGEN

• PROGESTERONE

• INSULIN

• CORTISOL

INCREASES ALERTNESS IN THE MORNING

• ESTROGEN

• PROGESTERONE

• INSULIN

• CORTISOL

HORMONE THAT REGULATES GLUCOSE LEVELS IN THE BLOODSTREAM

• ESTROGEN

• PROGESTERONE

• INSULIN

• CORTISOL

Natural processes respond primarily to light and dark

• DIGESTION

• METABOLISM

• CIRCADIAN RHYTHM

• HOMEOSTASIS

The process by which the body changes food and drink into energy

• DIGESTION

• METABOLISM

• HOMEOSTASIS

• NONE OF THESE

During this process, calories in food and drinks mix with oxygen to make the energy the body needs

• DIGESTION

• METABOLISM

• HOMEOSTASIS

• CIRCADIAN RHYTHM

A NETWORK OF NERVES THAT HELPS THE BODY ACTIVATE ITS "FIGHT-FLIGHT- OR FREEZE" RESPONE

• SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS

• PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS

• PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

• ALL OF THESE

A NEWTORK OF NERVES THAT HELP THE BODY ACTIVATE ITS RELAXATION RESPONSE

• SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

• PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

• PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

• NONE OF THESE

Light signals received through your eyes tell your brain that it is daytime. The area of your brain that receives these signals is called the ________,

• occipital lobe

• suprachiasmatic nucleus

• brainstem

• none of these

This is the the process by which your body keeps your systems, such as your internal body temperature, steady.

• homeostasis

• rhythm

• digestion

• circulation