While preparing dinner, Maya accidentally touches a hot dish. Which of the following divisions of the nervous system will be responsible for conveying information to the brain that she has touched something hot?

a) the autonomic nervous system
b) the parasympathetic nervous system
c) the sympathetic nervous system (not)
d) the somatic nervous system


Answer: d) the somatic nervous system

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