Coordination and control – the nervous system

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The diagram shows the antagonistic muscles in the human iris, labelled X X\,X and YYY.

Iris muscles

A person moves from a brightly lit environment into a dark room. Which row in the table correctly identifies the autonomic pathway activated and the states of muscles X X\,X and Y Y\,Y during pupillary dilation?

Autonomic divisionMuscle XMuscle YParasympatheticContractedRelaxed \begin{array}{c|c|c} \text{Autonomic division} & \text{Muscle } X & \text{Muscle } Y \\ \hline \text{Parasympathetic} & \text{Contracted} & \text{Relaxed} \end{array} Autonomic divisionParasympathetic​Muscle XContracted​Muscle YRelaxed​​
Autonomic divisionMuscle XMuscle YSympatheticContractedRelaxed \begin{array}{c|c|c} \text{Autonomic division} & \text{Muscle } X & \text{Muscle } Y \\ \hline \text{Sympathetic} & \text{Contracted} & \text{Relaxed} \end{array} Autonomic divisionSympathetic​Muscle XContracted​Muscle YRelaxed​​
Autonomic divisionMuscle XMuscle YSympatheticRelaxedContracted \begin{array}{c|c|c} \text{Autonomic division} & \text{Muscle } X & \text{Muscle } Y \\ \hline \text{Sympathetic} & \text{Relaxed} & \text{Contracted} \end{array} Autonomic divisionSympathetic​Muscle XRelaxed​Muscle YContracted​​
Autonomic divisionMuscle XMuscle YParasympatheticRelaxedContracted \begin{array}{c|c|c} \text{Autonomic division} & \text{Muscle } X & \text{Muscle } Y \\ \hline \text{Parasympathetic} & \text{Relaxed} & \text{Contracted} \end{array} Autonomic divisionParasympathetic​Muscle XRelaxed​Muscle YContracted​​

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