4.1.2 Quiz Apex Health Answers

Question: Stress

Answer: the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands

Question: Perception

Answer: The act of becoming aware through the senses

Question: Stressor

Answer: Anything that causes stress

Question: What are your bodies response to stressors?

Answer: Alarm, Resistance, Fatigue

Question: Alarm

Answer: the first phase of the stress response, in which the person faces a challenge and starts paying attention to it. Fight-or-Flight

Question: Resistance

Answer: The second phase of the stress response, in which the body mobilizes its resources to withstand the effects of the stress.

Question: fatigue

Answer: With long exposure to stress your body loses the ability to adapt

Question: psychosomatic response

Answer: a physical disorder that results from stress rather than from an injury or illness

Question: Examples of psychosomatic responses

Answer: headache, weakened immune system, high blood pressure, bruxism (clenching the jaw or grinding the teeth), and digestive disorders

Question: chronic stress

Answer: stress associated with long-term problems that are beyond a person’s control

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