Stress Response and Homeostasis Quiz
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What is the process by which the body's response to stressors in order to regain homeostasis?

  • Anabolism
  • Metabolism
  • Catabolism
  • Allostasis (correct)

    • What is the physiological disturbance or damage caused to an organism by adverse circumstances?

  • Stress (correct)
  • Adaptation
  • Distress
  • Eustress

    • What is the response stage in the general adaptation syndrome for stress response that involves fight or flight?

  • Resistance
  • Exhaustion
  • Alarm (correct)
  • Adaptation

    • What does the hypothalamus secrete in response to stress?

    <p>CRH</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the steady state in which all systems are in balance?

    <p>Homeostasis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the process by which the body's response to stressors in order to regain homeostasis?

    <p>Allostasis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the state of mental or emotional strain?

    <p>Stress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the neuroendocrine response to stress involving the hypothalamus secreting CRH and the anterior pituitary secreting ACTH?

    <p>CNS stress response</p> Signup and view all the answers

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