Consider a Basketball Player Whose Heart Is Racing During the Final

question 52

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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