Question 6

(Multiple Choice)

Consider a basketball player whose heart is racing during the final moments of a game. With seconds on the clock, she makes a jump shot. Her excitement is a function of her ________ nervous system, and her movements are a function of her ________ nervous system.


A) parasympathetic; sympathetic
B) sympathetic; parasympathetic
C) somatic; sympathetic
D) sympathetic; somatic
E) somatic; parasympathetic

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