AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Adrenaline (epinephrine) is a hormone your adrenal glands make to help you prepare for stressful or dangerous situations. Adrenaline rush is the name for the quick release of adrenaline into your bloodstream. This gets your body ready for a “fight or flight” response.

Detailed explanation-2: -Adrenaline is produced in the medulla in the adrenal glands as well as some of the central nervous system’s neurons. Within a couple of minutes during a stressful situation, adrenaline is quickly released into the blood, sending impulses to organs to create a specific response.

Detailed explanation-3: -Adrenaline is usually released into the bloodstream and has many key functions such as increasing blood pressure, increasing heart rate, enlargement of pupils, expanding the lung airways, redistributing blood into the muscles, and maximizing blood glucose levels primarily to the brain.

Detailed explanation-4: -The amygdala responds like an alarm bell to the body. It alerts the hypothalamus, which sends a message to the adrenal glands to give you an instant burst of adrenaline, the “action” hormone. Adrenaline causes your heart to race and pump more blood to your muscles.

Detailed explanation-5: -Adrenaline is a hormone released from the adrenal glands and its major action, together with noradrenaline, is to prepare the body for ‘fight or flight’.