Question

On the first day of class, Professor Wilson asked her students go around the room and introduce themselves. When it was Jaron's turn to speak, he began to perspire, and his heart started racing. His hands became cold and clammy, and his respiration rapid and shallow. What divisions of Jaron's autonomic nervous system was activated in this experience?

Answer 1

sympathetic nervous system

Step-by-step explanation:

The sympathetic nervous system is one of the divisions of the autonomic nervous system which regulates and controls involuntary body functions such as heart rate, breath rate, blood pressure. The sympathetic nervous system is specifically responsible for the unconscious, involuntary control of body functions and metabolism, initiating a fight or flight response whee b perceives stress or threat. These fight or flight responses, which include rapid respiration,intense respiration, increased heart, are activated by the sympathetic system.