At a health fair, a nurse explains to nursing students the difference between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. What could the nurse say about the sympathetic nervous system response?

a. It speeds up the responses in the body.
b. It slows down the responses in the body.
c. It dilates the peripheral blood vessels.
d. It prevents a cholinergic response


a. It speeds up the responses in the body.
FEEDBACK:
a. The sympathetic nervous system speeds up responses in the body.
b. The parasympathetic nervous system slows responses in the body. .
c. Cholinergics dilate the peripheral blood vessels. .
d. Anticholinergics prevent cholinergic responses. .

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