What Is Sleep?
Define sleep hygiene
Good sleep habits that can help you get a good night’s sleep
The number of functions discussed relating to sleep
Three
7-9 hours
The biological pattern that shifts across each 24-hour period
Circadian rhythms
The number of the stages of sleep
Four
Fill in the blank: sleep is a body process that allows your brain and body to ___ and ____
Rest and recover
Sleep helps to restore and conserve this
Energy
If someone is pregnant, sick, injured, or younger, the hours of sleep needed...
Increases
This tells your brain through your eyes that it is daytime
Light
What REM stands for
Rapid-eye movement
Fill in the blank: sleep is key to _____ and ____
Whole health and growth
This function of sleep is helpful when sick or injured
Self-repair and recovery
If someone is working more than average, aging, caring for a newborn, the hours of sleep needed...
Decreases
The hormone released at night to prepare to sleep
Melatonin
This phase of sleep is when the body becomes more ‘active' due to increased eye movement, body twitches, brain activity, breathing
REM sleep
Lack of sleep leads to...
Worsened mood, lowered concentration, delayed reaction time, disrupted hunger signals (A: at least 2/4 said)
When your brain reorganizes information and catalogs memories while sleeping
Brain maintenance
Identify the sleep quality factor affected: Miley LOVES Burger King. She decided to have a Fiery Bacon Whopper with extra fries before bed
Eating habits
The hormone released to wake you up in the morning
Cortisol
The deepest sleep stage when everything slows down and you are fully relaxed
Stage 3
How much of your life you spend sleeping (can be a percentage or fraction)
1/3 or 33% of your life
How many body systems are affected by sleep?
All of them! (Immune, Cardiovascular, Digestive, Nervous, etc.)
The four factors key to quality sleep
The environment, eating habits, medication, and dream life
This can reset or disrupt our circadian rhythm twice a year
Daylight savings time
You dream during this stage of sleep
Stage 4