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Chronic stress leads to the degeneration of _____ via _____ system. a. hypothalamus; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal b. hippocampus; sympathetic adrenal medullary c. hippocampus; hypothalamic pituitary adrenald. adrenal cortex; sympathetic adrenal medullary

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hippocampus

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Answer: Option C

Step-by-step explanation:

When there is a stress in the body it is controlled by two different types of the structures in the body.

The response to the stress is trigerred by the signals which is being send to the pituitary gland and adrenal medulla.

These generate response for the short term stress in the body by flight and fight responses.

The long term stress( chronic stress) is being controlled by the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal system of the body.

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