The Nurse Is with a Patient Who Has Learned That

The nurse is with a patient who has learned that he has glioblastoma multiforme, a brain tumor associated with an exceptionally poor prognosis. His heart rate increases, his eyes dilate, and his blood pressure increases. The nurse recognizes these changes as being attributable to what response?

A) Part of the limbic system response
B) Sympathetic nervous response
C) Hypothalamic-pituitary response
D) Local adaptation syndrome