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What causes blood to move away from digestive tract during fight or flight response?
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What causes breathing increase during a fight or flight response?
It is caused by the neurohormone called norepinephrine.
What causes the fight or flight response?
stress. when you have very high amounts of stress it causes adrenaline which leads to fight or flight
The flight or fight response causes your bodies to be filled with and other stress chemicals?
The flight or fight response causes your body to be filled with adrenaline. There are also other stress chemicals present.
What causes heart rate to increase during a fight or flight response?
epinephrine and norepinephrine epinephrine and norepinephrine
Why is the body's response during the first stage of stress called the flight-or-flight response?
blood pressure increases hormones are released
Does ATP production occur during fight or flight response?
yes
Flight or fight hormone?
The fight or flight response is a physical response; a strong stimulus or emergency causes the release of a chemical called nor-adrenaline (also called norepinephrine)
What components of the nervous system is associated with the flight or flight response?
The sympathetic nervous system originates in the spinal cord and its main function is to activate the physiological changes that occur during the fight-or-flight response.
What are psychologicl causes of indigestion?
Indigestion often accompanies an emotional upset, because the part of the nervous system involved in the so-called "fight-or-flight" response also affects the digestive tract. People diagnosed with anxiety or somatoform disorders frequently.
Does the digestive system speed up during fight or flight?
No, it slows so you can conserve your energy.
Does your brain become extra alert during the fight or flight response?
The fight or flight response is the hormone adrenaline so the chances are that at least some of your senses become more alert.
Does the sympathetic nervous system cause vasoconstriction?
Yep! The sympathetic nervous system causes both vasoconstriction & vasodilation. During "fight or flight" you need more O2/blood delivered to your skeletal muscles. The SNS causes vasodilation in skeletal muscles. The other organs, of the body (like digestive organs) are not needed for "fight or flight" survival. The SNS causes vasoconstriction in these organs.
