When Marcy arrived home she was shocked to see that her house had been burglarized and ransacked. She was terrified that the burglar might still be in the house. It is very probable that Marcy's sympathetic nervous system has stimulated her adrenal medulla to secrete hormones called:

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The sympathetic nervous system activates the adrenal medulla to secrete catecholamines, including adrenaline and noradrenaline, which prepare the body for the "fight or flight" response in a threatening situation like a burglary. Corticosteroids are also involved in stress response but are secreted by the adrenal cortex, not the adrenal medulla. Dopamine and serotonin have other functions in the body and are not directly related to the stress response.

When Marcy Arrived Home She Was Shocked to See That