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3 Your heart is pumping at two to three times the normal speed, sending nutrient rich blood to the major muscles in your arms and legs. The tiny blood vessels (called capillaries) under the surface of your skin close down (which consequently sends your blood pressure soaring) so you can sustain a surface wound and not bleed to death. Even your eyes dilate so you can see better.
Which best describes the purpose of paragraph three in this passage?
A) to describe the way the human body physically responds to stress
B) to describe the typical stresses that a caveman faced
C) to explain how modern stresses differ widely from ancient stresses
D) to differentiate between real stress and false alarm stresses
Answer:
Option A, to describe the way the human body physically responds to stress
Explanation:
In cases of attack, a surge of stress hormones, particularly adrenaline and cortisol, activates the nervous system and prepares the body for immediate response. You pound the heart faster, loosen the muscles, increase blood pressure, smoother respiration and sharpen the senses.
Stress is a natural response to personal experiences both physically and mentally. From occasionally, everybody feels suffering. Through everyday tasks like family and work to serious things like a new diagnosis, conflict or death of a loved one, tension will occur.
