Stress in Your Body Systems Template

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Musculoskeletal System

• When body is stressed, muscles tense up
• Chronic stress causes the muscles in the body to be in more or less state of guardedness
• May cause tension-type headaches and migraine headaches
• Millions of individuals suffer from chronic painful conditions

Female Reproductive System

• Stress may affect menstruation and reduce sexual desire
• Stress can negatively impact the women's ability to conceive
• Premenstrual symptoms
• Menopause

• influenced by the parasympathetic nervous system
• Automatic nervous system produces testosterone and actives sympathies nervous system (arousal)
• Chronic stress can negatively impact sperm production and maturation, causing difficulties in people trying to conceive

Male Reproductive System

Nervous System

• Several divisions: central and peripheral nervous stem
• In the peripheral: automatic and somatic nervous system
• The automatic nervous system is divided into: sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
• The SNS is fight or flight, adrenaline, and stress
• Chronic stress: long-term drain on your body