Nilam accidentally touches the hot burner on the stove. Sensory information about the pain and heat will be carried to her brain by the ____ nervous system, her heart rate will increase as a result of activation by the ____ nervous system, and when she calms down the ____ nervous system will slow her heart rate down.?

a. ?peripheral; central; autonomic
b. ?somatic; autonomic; central
c. ?central; sympathetic; parasympathetic
d. ?somatic; sympathetic; parasympathetic


ANSWER:
d

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