Jim just barely avoided a head-on collision on a narrow road. With heart pounding, hands shaking, and body perspiring, Jim recognizes that these are signs of the body’s fight or flight response, which is controlled by the:
A.Empathetic division of the peripheral nervous system
B.Parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
C.Somatic division of the peripheral nervous system
D.Sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
Correct Answer:
D. Sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system