Chapter
Your Body’s Response to Stress
From Health Education Health 100 Version 3 by Garrett Rieck, MA, ACSM-CPT & Justin Lundin, MA
Concepts
- What is the fight-or-flight response?
"The fight-or-flight response is a bodily reaction that prepares a person to confront or escape a threat. The sympathetic nervous system increases heart rate and releases chemicals that mobilize energ