You come home one night to find a burglar in your house. Your heart starts racing and you begin to perspire. These physical reactions are triggered by the

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The physical reactions of racing heart and perspiration are part of the fight or flight response that is triggered by the sympathetic nervous system in response to a perceived threat such as a burglar in the house. Choice A, the somatic nervous system, controls voluntary movements of the skeletal muscles and is not directly involved in this response. Choice C, the parasympathetic nervous system, regulates the body's rest and digest functions and opposes the sympathetic nervous system. Choice D, the sensory cortex, processes sensory information such as touch and pain but does not control the body's physical response to a perceived threat.

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