Question

as you sit in your seat after making a class presentation, you notice that your heart beat and respiratory rate are slowing down. this change is due to the _____________ nervous system. sympathetic somatic central parasympathetic skeletal

Explanation:

The parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for the "rest and digest" response, which slows heart rate and respiratory rate after periods of stress (like a class presentation, which would have activated the sympathetic "fight or flight" system). The other options do not regulate this post-stress slowing of vital signs: the sympathetic system speeds these functions, somatic controls voluntary muscle movement, central is the brain/spinal cord, and skeletal refers to the skeletal system, not nervous system regulation of heart/breathing.

Answer:

Parasympathetic