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When fibers of the vagus nerve stimulate the heart, the heart rate increases.

a. True
b. False

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Answer:

The asnwer is B. False

Step-by-step explanation:

When the vagus nerve stimulates the heart, the heart rate tends to decrease (reduction). The heart has an autonomic innervation, that is, it is under the autonomous control of the sympathetic and parasympathetic (vagal) systems that exert their action through the cardiac plexuses that are at the base of the heart.

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