A Patient with AIDS Would Be Likely to React to an Infection

question 66

True/False

A patient with AIDS would be likely to react to an infection with a greater elevation of plasma cortisol than a person without the disease.

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Definitions:

Sympathetic Nervous System

Part of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for rapid responses to stressors, activating the fight-or-flight response.

Somatic

Relating to or affecting the body, especially as distinct from the mind.

Parasympathetic

The part of the autonomic nervous system that conserves energy by slowing the heart rate and increasing digestive activities.

Gonads

Sex glands; secrete hormones that regulate sexual development and behavior as well as reproduction.