Saima took some new medication for her hay fever. The medication made her heart start to race, and she became agitated and jittery. it is likely that the medication is increasing the activity in samis's

Correct answer: B. sympathetic nervous system

  • A. corpus callosum
  • B. sympathetic nervous system
  • C. somatic nervous system
  • D. cerebellum

Explanation

A racing heart, agitation, and jitteriness are typical effects of sympathetic nervous system activation, the arousing branch of the autonomic system. The somatic system mainly controls voluntary skeletal-muscle movement.

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