Jaime left the basketball game late and proceeded to walk to her car, located in a dark parking lot. She could not initially see her keys in her purse, and because it was late, she began to panic and worry that she might have left them in the gym. She frantically began to search through her purse in desperation. After a few moments she stopped and began to cry. She decided to reach into her pocket to get her cell phone to call her mother to pick her up, when she noticed her keys were in her coat pocket. Relieved she found her keys, she drove home.

Based on this story, describe the physiological responses occurring in Jaime’s body by using the following terms in your explanation:

a. Parasympathetic nervous system

b. Sympathetic nervous system

c. Somatic Nervous system

d. Motor neurons

e. Central Nervous System

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