Question

If the sympathetic nervous system prepares your body for ____________, the parasympathetic nervous system prepares your body for _____________.

flight; fight
sleep; wake
war; peace
digestion; relaxation

Answer 1

flight; fight
The sympathetic is used to speed things up, stopping things like digestion in order to supply more blood to the heart and lungs, while the parasympathetic does the opposite; digesting food and working on internal things while the heart rate and breathing rate slow.

Answer 2

I just took the test It's C