Sympathetic Nervous System Activation in Concert with Adrenal Gland Catecholamine

question 20

Multiple Choice

Sympathetic nervous system activation in concert with adrenal gland catecholamine secretions such as ____ (known also as adrenalin) and ____ (known also as noradrenalin) prime the body to physically fight off threats to safety or to flee from these threats through such activities as increasing cardiac output and blood pressure that transit additional blood to the brain and large muscles of the body where the blood is most acutely needed.

• A) cortisol, norepinephrine
• B) epinephrine, norepinephrine
• C) cortisol, glucocorticoids
• D) ephedrine, norephedrine

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