The Division of the Autonomic Nervous System That Tones Down

question 146

Multiple Choice

The division of the autonomic nervous system that tones down states of bodily arousal and controls bodily processes that replenish resources, such as digestion, is the ______.

• A) reticular formation
• B) parasympathetic division
• C) sympathetic division
• D) somatic division

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