8/17/25, 9:23
AM
STRESS RESPONSE - PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - NURS
115 - EXAM 1 REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
LATEST UPDATE GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (55)
The ability to respond
what is homeostasis? and maintain stability,
physiologically and
(according to waltar
psychologically during
cannon)
rapid changing
conditions in the
internal and external
environment
- "organized self-government”
Homeostasis does
not occur by chance - aka, God's perfect design
but is the result of -
(according to Cannon)
Regulate physical and
psychological
what do control adaptation in order to
systems do? maintain the body's
internal environment
(physiological
processes) - example:
negative
feedback systems
hormones regulate - cellular functions (a lot)
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AM
regulate life processes,
behaviors, integrate
negative feedback body systems - most
systems common control system
glucose sensor senses increased blood glucose
how does the glucose --
negative feedback > increased insulin
system work? release and removal of
glucose from the blood --
> decrease in blood
glucose
(repeats constantly to maintain set point)
what is stress? A state manifested by symptoms that
(according to H. Selye) arise from coordinated activation of the
neuroendocrine and immune systems
(General Adaptation Syndrome - GAS)
1. neurological system
2. endocrine/hormones
what are the 3 systems 3. immune system
involved in stress?
called: psychoneuroloimmunologic regulation
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
HPA axis
locus coeruleus
what is affected by
the hypothalamus in
the brain stem
during the stress
2/
11
AM
STRESS RESPONSE - PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - NURS
115 - EXAM 1 REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
LATEST UPDATE GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (55)
The ability to respond
what is homeostasis? and maintain stability,
physiologically and
(according to waltar
psychologically during
cannon)
rapid changing
conditions in the
internal and external
environment
- "organized self-government”
Homeostasis does
not occur by chance - aka, God's perfect design
but is the result of -
(according to Cannon)
Regulate physical and
psychological
what do control adaptation in order to
systems do? maintain the body's
internal environment
(physiological
processes) - example:
negative
feedback systems
hormones regulate - cellular functions (a lot)
1/
11
, 8/17/25, 9:23
AM
regulate life processes,
behaviors, integrate
negative feedback body systems - most
systems common control system
glucose sensor senses increased blood glucose
how does the glucose --
negative feedback > increased insulin
system work? release and removal of
glucose from the blood --
> decrease in blood
glucose
(repeats constantly to maintain set point)
what is stress? A state manifested by symptoms that
(according to H. Selye) arise from coordinated activation of the
neuroendocrine and immune systems
(General Adaptation Syndrome - GAS)
1. neurological system
2. endocrine/hormones
what are the 3 systems 3. immune system
involved in stress?
called: psychoneuroloimmunologic regulation
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
HPA axis
locus coeruleus
what is affected by
the hypothalamus in
the brain stem
during the stress
2/
11
