Antonella is on vacation with some friends in Montana. One day, she is out hiking in the woods when she hears a sound in the dis

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Antonella is on vacation with some friends in Montana. One day, she is out hiking in the woods when she hears a sound in the dis

tance. She turns around and sees a grizzly bear coming out of the bushes. She freezes and becomes fearful of what the bear will do. Which system prepares the body for the situation described in the scenario?
Answers:

the somatic nervous system

the parasympathetic nervous system

the central nervous system

the sympathetic nervous system

Biology

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tigry1 [53] · Answer 1 · 2023-08-12T23:02:14+03:00

tigry1 [53]2 years ago

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Sympathetic nervous system

Mariulka [41] · Answer 2 · 2023-08-13T00:34:08+03:00

Answer:

The sympathetic nervous system

Explanation:

When human body is faced with a dangerous situation, it stops any reaction because of the fear and it has to choose between fight or flight, a very basic human instinct controlled by the amygdala. The amygdala switches on our sympathetic nervous system to gets the body ready for it. Some symptons of the activation of the sympathetic nervous system are: accelerate heartbeating, sweating, irregular breathing and adrenaline increasing.