Question

playing with fear! vocabulary practice use the clues on the right to find words from the text. adrenaline amygdala anxiety cardiovascular central nervous conscious cortisol immune impaired physiological subconscious vital small organ that reacts to fear of great importance hormone from the adrenal gland extreme feeling of fear, dread, or uneasiness part of the brain not aware of all facts part of the brain that is able to reason logically hormone that prepares the body for \fight or flight\ system that includes heart and blood vessels related to how the body functions consists of the brain and spinal cord the system that fights off disease and illness weakened or damaged application: complete the following statements. your nervous system triggers the release of stress hormones like adrenaline and cortisol causing blood is redirected from your stomach to your limbs so you can run or fight causing

Explanation:

Match the definitions on the right with the vocabulary words on the top. For example, "Small organ that reacts to fear" - Amygdala; "Of great importance" - Vital; "Hormone from the adrenal gland" - Cortisol; "Extreme feeling of fear, dread, or uneasiness" - Anxiety; "Part of the brain not aware of all facts" - Subconscious; "Part of the brain that is able to reason logically" - Conscious; "Hormone that prepares the body for 'fight or flight'" - Adrenaline; "System that includes heart and blood vessels" - Cardiovascular; "Related to how the body functions" - Physiological; "Consists of the brain and spinal cord" - Central Nervous; "The system that fights off disease and illness" - Immune; "Weakened or damaged" - Impaired.
For the application part, when the nervous system triggers release of stress - hormones like adrenaline and cortisol, it causes physiological changes. And blood being redirected from stomach to limbs for fight - or - flight causes changes in digestion and energy distribution.

Answer:

Small organ that reacts to fear: Amygdala
Of great importance: Vital
Hormone from the adrenal gland: Cortisol
Extreme feeling of fear, dread, or uneasiness: Anxiety
Part of the brain not aware of all facts: Subconscious
Part of the brain that is able to reason logically: Conscious
Hormone that prepares the body for "fight or flight": Adrenaline
System that includes heart and blood vessels: Cardiovascular
Related to how the body functions: Physiological
Consists of the brain and spinal cord: Central Nervous
The system that fights off disease and illness: Immune
Weakened or damaged: Impaired
Application - first blank: Physiological changes
Application - second blank: Changes in digestion and energy distribution