Stress
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 GAS | Seyle's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three stages-- alarm, resistance, exhaustion |
| Alarm | activation of the sympathetic nervous system |
| Resistance | Temperature, blood pressure, and respiration remain high, there is a sudden outpouring of hormones |
| Exhaustion | The depletion of your body's reserves |
| Hippocampus | too much or prolonged stress may cause shrinkage in the ____________. |
| Catastrophes | unpredictable, large-scale events such as war and natural disasters |
| Significant Life Changes | Deviation from usual life-style to leave to a different path; may cause stress |
| Daily Hassles | Rush-hour, traffic, aggravating housemates, long lines, tests |
| Coronary heart disease | the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries |
| Type A | friedman and rosenman's term for copetitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people |
| Type B | friedman and rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people |
| Type D | distressed personality, marked by negative emotions and social inhibition; likely to get heart disease |
| Psychophysiological illnesses | literally "mind-body" illness; any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches. |
| Hypochondriasis | misinterpreting normal physical sensations as symptoms of disease |
| Lymphocytes | the two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system |
| B Lymphocytes | form the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections |
| T Lymphocytes | in the thymus and, among other duties, attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances |
| Macrophage | another agen t of the immune system that identifies, pursues, and ingest harmful invaders |
| brain and muscles | Too much stress can cause the immune system to tire because the body is using all of its energy and giving it to the |
| complementary and alternative medicine | unproven health care treatments not taught widely in medical schools, not used in hospitals, and not usually reimbursed by insurance companies |
| nicotine | arousal of the brain to a state of increased alertness |
| nicotine | increases heart rate and blood pressure |
| nicotine | reduces circulation |
| nicotine | at high levels, relaxes muscles and triggers release of endorphins, natural opiates that may reduce stress |
| nicotine | suppresses appetite for carbohydrates |
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