KROK 1 2008 – Question 17 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
An aged man had raise of arterial pressure under a stress. It was caused by activation of:
- A. Functions of adrenal cortex
- B. Hypophysis function
- C. Functions of thyroid gland
- D. Sympathoadrenal system
- E. Parasympathetic nucleus of vagus
Hint
Think about which system responds within seconds to acute stress, and compare it with hormonal systems that act over minutes to days and with the branch of the autonomic system that slows the heart.
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