Exam 2: An Introduction to Body Systems and Psychological Influences on Health

The digestive process is controlled both locally and by ________.

The renal system does not ________.

Sympathetic nervous system activity ________.

Physiologist Walter Cannon identified the broad pattern of response to threat that he called ________ response pattern.

Explain why it is incorrect to declare the ulcer problem "solved" despite Marshall and Warren's discovery of the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacterium.

Briefly discuss why the activation of the immune system, which is designed to protect the body, can actually lead to illness.

Explain why the work of Hans Selye was popular in his time and why it is still relevant today.

B-lymphocytes produce and secrete ________.

Explain why the emotional anticipation of an important event that may never occur can be useful for evolution but harmful in modern life.

Outline the likely process linking chronic stress, hypertension, endothelial damage, and vascular inflammation to coronary vascular obstruction and, eventually, cardiac ischemia.

Myocardial infarctions are the result of the process of ________.

Release of hormones from the central portion of the adrenal gland is controlled by the ________.

Inflammation is promoted by ________, which is/are secreted by certain cells of the immune system.

The primary components of the immune system are ________.

Compare and contrast the responses of the central nervous system and the immune system when defending the body against an outside threat.

Describe the effect of life stress on immune function.

Using specific examples compare and contrast the effects of (1) damage to the somatic nervous system and (2) disruption of the autonomic nervous system.

Vasovagal reactions are thought to occur as a consequence of ________.

Natural immunity protects against ________ threats only.

Discuss the evidence linking chronic stress to gastric ulcers as well as the evidence against this connection.