As her professor distributed the mathematics test to the class, Blair's heart started to pound and her palms began to sweat. The
se physiological reactions were activated by her ________ nervous system. Group of answer choices central endocrine sympathetic somatic parasympathetic
The sympathetic nervous system is part of the autonomous nervous system which controls the involuntary body functions as heart rate, breath rate, perspiration etc. The sympathetic nervous system is specifically responsible for the increase in the function of body functions when the body perceives a threat. When faced with a threat or distress, the sympathetic nervous system initiates physiological reactions known as the “fight or flight” response, thereby increasing the body’s alertness to such threat. Examples of increased body functions or “fight or flight response” include increased perspiration and increased heart rate, as exhibited by Blair.
Your body's oil secreting glands are known as sebaceous glands. This is why they are often referred to as the oil glands. They are a form of simple saccular (alveolar) holocrine gland.
