A person is walking in the woods and runs into a mother bear and her cubs. Which gland immediately activates?(1 point)

Question

Responses

adrenal
adrenal

hypothalamus
hypothalamus

thyroid
thyroid

ovaries

Answer 1

None of the above glands immediately activate in response to encountering a mother bear and her cubs. However, the situation described could potentially trigger the adrenal glands to release stress hormones such as adrenaline in the subsequent fight or flight response.