While on spring break in Acapulco, May decided to do some cliff diving. As she stood at the edge of a 50-foot cliff, her heart raced, her respiration increased, and she sweated profusely. Which of the following divisions of May's autonomic nervous system had been activated by this experience?
-sympathetic
-parasympathetic
-peripheral
-somatic
-sympathetic
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Fill in the blank with correct word
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