Paul was awakened by a thumping noise in the middle of the night. Frightened, he jumped out of bed to investigate. Hearing a muffled meow, Paul realized that his cat was shut in the closet and was pushing against the door. Breathing a sigh of relief, Paul let the cat out of the closet and went back to bed. Which subdivision of the nervous system helped calm down and restore Paul's body functioning back to normal?
A) parasympathetic nervous system
B) endocrine system
C) sympathetic nervous system
D) somatic nervous system

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The parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for restoring the body's normal functioning after a threat has passed. In this case, after realizing that the thumping noise was just his cat, Paul's body would have relaxed and returned to a normal state due to the actions of the parasympathetic nervous system.

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