You Are Practicing Throwing Baseballs Long Distances with the Members

question 5

Multiple Choice

You are practicing throwing baseballs long distances with the members of your baseball team. At the same time that your partner throws the ball to you, another player across from you throws his baseball off-target, and it heads straight toward you. You hold your baseball glove up to catch your partner's ball, and you instinctively throw up your other arm to protect your face from the other incoming ball. The protective action of throwing up your arm is an example of a(n)

• A) reflex.
• B) synapse.
• C) sympathetic response.
• D) parasympathetic response.

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Definitions:

IM Stat

An abbreviation indicating an intramuscular injection to be administered immediately and as quickly as possible, often used in emergency situations.

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The process of creating reports or documents that analyze, interpret, or summarize data from primary sources.

Primary Reporting

involves the direct presentation of original data or factual information without commentary or interpretation.

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The act of repeating or copying out words from a text or speech, typically with an indication that one is not the original author.