Question

During emotional arousal, the ____ nervous system prepares the body for fight or flight and the ____ nervous system restores the body to homeostasis.

a. parasympathetic; sympathetic
b. autonomic; somatic
c. somatic; autonomic
d. sympathetic; parasympathetic 1 points save answer

Answer 1

Sympathetic nervous system

parasympathetic nervous system

Sympathetic nervous system: are responsible for the control of the body responses to perceived threat and fight or flight responses while parasympathetic nervous system: are responsible for the control of homeostasis, body’s rest and digest function. Both are part of automatic nervous system which is responsible for the involuntary functions in the body system.