Summary: Body Defense

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  • all four kinds of stress result in

    GAS
  • local adaptation syndrome

    local inflammation
  • neural response to stress

    brain stem to hypthalamus
  • endocrine response to stress

    hypothalamus releases CRF
    CRF stimulates anterior pituitary
    anterior pituitary secretes ACTH
    ACTH stimulates adrenals
    adrenals secrete  cortisol
  • in endocrine response, __ releases CRF

    hypothalamus
  • CRF initiates the stimulation of

    anterior pituitary
  • anterior pituitary secretes

    ACTH
  • factors for adaptive capacity

    hardiness
    nutrition
    genetic endowment/ age
    psychosocial
    sleep-wake cycles
    physiologic
    how often one needs to be adaptive
  • can prevent disease and help handle disease

    adaptive capacity
  • born with this defense from antigens

    innate (nonspecific) response
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