Stress in Your Body Systems Template

• When the body is stressed, your muscles tense up-- muscle tension, and is a way of how the body guards against injury and pain.
• Chronic stress the result of ongoing stress and makes the body stay in a constant state of stress.
• Chronic painful conditions result in a chronic painful state and may be caused by an injury.

Musculoskeletal System

• Chronic stress causes for a decreased libido or "sexual drive"
• Chronic stress can influence sperm production and make it difficult for couples to conceive a child
• The more stress there is, the more the body is capable to infection.

Male Reproductive System

• The autonomic nervous system--direct role on physical responses to stress and is divided into the SNS
• The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) signals adrenal glands--realeases hormones called adrenaline-- causes heart to beat faster and respiration to increase
• The parasympathetic nervous system (PNS' also cause stress reactions including asthma or compromised blood circulation

Nervous System