Your Brain Has Instructed Your Muscles to Move So That

question 8

Multiple Choice

Your brain has instructed your muscles to move so that you avoid an oncoming bicyclist. Which division of the nervous system carried this information to your muscles?

• A) sympathetic nervous system
• B) somatic nervous system
• C) autonomic nervous system
• D) parasympathetic nervous system

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