Cheranita Is Experiencing the First Stage of the General Adaptation

question 52

Multiple Choice

Cheranita is experiencing the first stage of the general adaptation syndrome. An environmental stressor has triggered a process in her brain in which the __________ activates the sympathetic branch of the __________ nervous system, which stimulates the adrenal gland, which secretes adrenaline.

• A)hypothalamus; autonomic
• B)medulla oblongata; somatic
• C)hypothalamus; somatic
• D)medulla oblongata; autonomic

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