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A person is walking through a park. A branch from a tree falls, nearly hitting her. Her heartbeat speeds up. Which part of the nervous system was responsible for this?

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Sympathetic

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If a person is walking through a park, and a branch from a tree falls, nearly hitting her, and her heartbeat speeds up, the part of the nervous system that was responsible for this was sympathetic nervous system.
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