After narrowly avoiding a car accident, your arousal returns to a baseline state because of activity in the _____
a. sympathetic nervous system
b. parasympathetic nervous system
c. hypothalamus
d. amygdala
Answer: B
Rationale: This typically uses energy more sparingly, bringing your heart rate and respiration back to resting rates and focusing on non-emergency tasks, such as digestion.
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