The fight-or-flight response is characterized by all of the following physiologic responses, EXCEPT:
A) an increased flow of blood to the skeletal muscles.
B) decreased sympathetic tone and pupil constriction.
C) mobilization of glucose and an increased heart rate.
D) shunting of blood away from the gastrointestinal tract.
Answer: B) decreased sympathetic tone and pupil constriction.
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