Exam 3: NSG3130 / NSG 3130
(Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Fundamental II | Complete Review with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Galen
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What is the general adaptation syndrome?
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A model of the body's stress response, consisting of three stages: alarm,
resistance, and exhaustion
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When is the general adaptation system evoked?
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When the stimulation or stressor is strong enough to activate the autonomic nervous branch of the central nervous system, eliciting an adaptive response.
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The GAS notes that
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the body responds in the same way to any demand whether it be physical, emotional, pleasant, or unpleasant.
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Distress
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negative stress, can cause physical illness and emotional dysfunction.
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Eustress
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positive stress, which is associated with effective coping and adaptation.essential for normal growth and development.
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What are the three stages of the GAS?
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alarm, resistance, exhaustion
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what happens in the alarm stage of GAS?
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the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and autonomic nervous system are activated, successfully triggering responses in the sympathetic nervous system and the endocrine, and immune systems.
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What happens in the resistance stage of GAS?
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the body attempts to adapt to the stressor, the body begins to repair damage and restore resources.
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what happens in the exhaustion phase of GAS?
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The body becomes overwhelmed and there are no resources left to facilitate recovery. This can cause disease states or even death.
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What is the local adaptation syndrome?
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A localized response of the body to stress. It involves only a specific body part (such as a tissue or a organ) instead of the whole body. Maybe traumatic or pathologic. Primarily homeostatic short-term adaptive response.
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Local adaptation syndrome can manifest as what?
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inflammation, reflexive response to pain, or hypoxia
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The effects of local adaptation syndrome are most notably...
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manifested by activities in the immune system.
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What is allostasis?
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the process by which the body responds to stressors in order to regain homeostasis
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