Epinephrine Is

question 17

Multiple Choice

Epinephrine is:

• A) thought to deplete lymphocytes.
• B) considered to be the anger hormone.
• C) released five times as often as norepinephrine.
• D) released by the adrenal cortex.
• E) released 40 times more than ACTH.

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Definitions:

ANS

Short for Autonomic Nervous System, which controls involuntary body functions such as heartbeat, digestion, and breathing.

Fight-or-Flight Response

A physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival, initiating rapid bodily changes for emergency action.

Sympathetic

Pertaining to the part of the autonomic nervous system that typically prepares the body for action by accelerating the heart rate, constricting blood vessels, and raising blood pressure.

Parasympathetic

Part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for conserving energy and restoring the body to a state of calm.