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Mind Map by Jenny Carey, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jenny Carey
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Endocrine System
- It is a collection of glands that
work alongside the nervous
system to control vital
functions
- Function of the Endocrine System
- To secrete the
hormones which
are required to
regulate many
bodily functions
- To provide a chemical
system of
communication via
the blood stream
(much slower)
- To secrete the
hormones which
are required to
regulate many
bodily functions
- Fight or Flight response
- Provides us with
the energy to
fight a situation
or escape from it
- Process of the 'Fight or Flight'
- 4. Adrenal medulla then
releases adrenaline which
causes the fight and flight
response
- 3. An impulse is also sent to
the adrenal medulla
- 2. Hypothalamus then sends
nerve impulses to activate the
sympathetic branch of ANS which
releases noradrenaline
- 1. A situation is perceived as a threat
by the amygdala and the
hypothalamus is activated
- 4. Adrenal medulla then
releases adrenaline which
causes the fight and flight
response
- This response does not go on
forever. After a few minutes the
parasympathetic branch of the
ANS is activated to return the
body to a normal state
- Our bodies respond to stress and is
an example of our nervous system
and endocrine system working
together
- How the body responds
- Heart rate
increases
- Breathing
rate
increases
- Blood flow
diverted
- Digestion is
inhibited
- Liver increases glucose
conversion
- Pupils dilate
- Sweat production
increases
- Heart rate
increases
- Evaluation
- Scientific Method
- Research into the physical
responses to stress can be
said to be scientific as the
measures are usually
objective
- Therefore, opinion and
judgement do not play
a part
- Therefore, opinion and
judgement do not play
a part
- Research into the physical
responses to stress can be
said to be scientific as the
measures are usually
objective
- Ignores gender differences:
Beta Bias
- Proposed as a universal stress
response. However, evidence
was based on findings mostly
from males, especially male
rats.
- Other theories suggest females
show a 'tend and befriend'
response - Focus energy on caring
for their offspring and forming
defensive networks
- Other theories suggest females
show a 'tend and befriend'
response - Focus energy on caring
for their offspring and forming
defensive networks
- Proposed as a universal stress
response. However, evidence
was based on findings mostly
from males, especially male
rats.
- Reductionist Idea
- The fight and flight
response
reduces/narrows
complex human
cognitive processes and
behaviour down to
biological processes and
then down to levels of
hormones
- The fight and flight
response
reduces/narrows
complex human
cognitive processes and
behaviour down to
biological processes and
then down to levels of
hormones
- Scientific Method
- Provides us with
the energy to
fight a situation
or escape from it
- Gland/Areas of the Endocrine System
- Hypothalamus
- The part of the brain that controls
the endocrine system.
- The part of the brain that controls
the endocrine system.
- Ovaries
- Produce eggs for fertilisation, as well as
reproductive hormones like oestrogen and
progesterone
- Produce eggs for fertilisation, as well as
reproductive hormones like oestrogen and
progesterone
- Islets of Langerhans
(Pancreatic cells)
- Produce digestive
enzymes and secretion.
Helps maintain blood
glucose levels
- Produce digestive
enzymes and secretion.
Helps maintain blood
glucose levels
- Adrenals
- Produce hormones, including sex
hormones and cortisol, which help
with responses to stress
- Produce hormones, including sex
hormones and cortisol, which help
with responses to stress
- Thyroid
- Produces hormones that help
regulate the body's metabolism.
Also related to growth
- Produces hormones that help
regulate the body's metabolism.
Also related to growth
- Pituitary
- Hormones produced control many
processes in the body. (senses body
needs and sends signals to different
organs/glands throughout the body
- Hormones produced control many
processes in the body. (senses body
needs and sends signals to different
organs/glands throughout the body
- Parathyroids
- Regulates your body's level
of calcium and phosphorus
- Regulates your body's level
of calcium and phosphorus
- Pineal
- Receive info about the state of the
light-dark cycle from the environment
- Receive info about the state of the
light-dark cycle from the environment
- Testes
- Produce sperm, as well as hormones, particularly testosrerone
- Produce sperm, as well as hormones, particularly testosrerone
- Thymus
- Helps destroy infected or
cancerous cells (T cells are
created which do this process)
- Helps destroy infected or
cancerous cells (T cells are
created which do this process)
- Hypothalamus
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