Activation of sympathetic nervous system

Decreases the blood pressure.

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Causes pupil contraction.

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Increases the heart rate.

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Causes bronchoconstriction.

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Solution

The correct option is C Increases the heart rate.
Sympathetic nervous system is one of the type of autonomic nervous system. It stimulates the fight-or-flight response of the body. It causes pupil dilation. It increases heart rate and respiration rate. It also increases perspiration and arterial blood pressure. It causes bronchodilation and constriction of blood vessels. It decreases movement of the large intestine.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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SI. No.	Organ	List-1 Effect of Nervous system	List-2 Effect of Nervous system
1	Eye	Dilates pupil	Constricts pupil.
2	Mouth	Inhibits salivation	Stimulates salivation
3	Lungs	Relaxes bronchi	Constrict bronchi
4	Heart	Accelerates heartbeat	heartbeat to normalcy
5	Blood vessel	Increase blood pressure	Decrease blood pressure.
6	Pancreas	Inhibits Pancreas activity	Stimulates Pancreas activity

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