01:830:340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sympathetic Nervous System, Adrenal Medulla, Anxiety Disorder
20 Dec 2018
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About 50 multiple choice questions- exam monday 10/8/1018. Big exam and take a practice exam- the context the information is recalled. Prepare for stress (i. e war: major surgery. Call it free-flowing: anxiety is about the future and is dependent on the past, anxiety for the future- past sexual assaulted- the future will be the anxiety. Increase in a heartbeat, blood pressure, and perspiration. The sympathetic system is part of the nervous system that is activated: when your heart pumps faster it delivers oxygen to the heart and to the brain. The adrenal medulla is activated is where epinephrine and nonephinrphre: need oxygen in the blood to the heart and brain so that you can make a decision quickly and remember what has happened. Trouble in anxiety- most people cannot describe it: older women- she feels anxious- and it is hard to talk sense to her.
