1. Biology and Stress
Lara Haine
Period: 6

2. Autonomic Nervous System
Part of the peripheral nervous system it acts as a control system
The ANS works by helping us with our heart rate, digestion, perspiration, diameter of pupils, and sexual arousal
It also works with controlling breathing

3. Fight of Flight
The flight or fight response is sometimes known as the acute stress response
When a person is in a stressful environment the “firing” of neurons happens and then the sympathetic division of the ANS is activated

4. Fight or Flight continued….
Stress may have a bad effect on our bodies for example sometimes people get:
Diarrhea
Constipation
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Panic disorder