The System Most Likely to Be Responsible for Excessive Salivation

question 31

Multiple Choice

The system most likely to be responsible for excessive salivation in a nervous dental patient is the:

• A) Krebs cycle.
• B) TCA cycle.
• C) parasympathetic autonomic nervous system.
• D) sympathetic autonomic nervous system.

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