When You Are Very Nervous, Perhaps Before You Must Speak

question 65

Multiple Choice

When you are very nervous, perhaps before you must speak in front of your class, you notice that your mouth is dry and your heart is racing. This is most likely due to stimulation by the

• A) enteric division of your autonomic nervous system.
• B) sympathetic division of your autonomic nervous system.
• C) parasympathetic division of your autonomic nervous system.

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