the stress response

• when in stressful situations, the endocrine system and the nervous system (specifically the autonomic branch) work together.
• the sympathetic adrenal medullary axis (acute stress)

  1. stress
  2. hypothalamus
  3. activates the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system
  4. sends neuron messages to adrenal medulla (middle of adrenal gland)
  5. secretion of adrenaline/noradrenaline (causes fight or flight response)