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Question 21

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Preparing the body for the "fight-or-flight" response is the role of the ________.

A) sympathetic nervous system
B) cerebrum
C) parasympathetic nervous system
D) somatic nervous system

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Where would you not find an autonomic ganglion?

A) in the head
B) in the cervical region
C) close to the visceral effectors they serve
D) in the armpit

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Question 23

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Because the ANS is a visceral motor system, afferent pathways are of no importance and actually are rarely found.

Most disorders of the autonomic nervous system reflect abnormalities of smooth muscle control.

Match the following: A) Parasympathetic B) Sympathetic -Active after you have eaten a meal.

Describe four paths a preganglionic sympathetic fiber may take to reach its synapse point with the ganglionic neuron.

Sweat glands are innervated by the ________ fibers alone.

Which is a uniquely sympathetic function?

How are the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions anatomically different?

The rami communicantes are associated only with the sympathetic division of the ANS.

The autonomic and somatic nervous systems are two separate systems that work totally independent of each other.

Autonomic dysreflexia ________.

Match the following: A) Acetylcholine (ACh) B) Norepinephrine (NE) -Preganglionic parasympathetic.

Figure 14.1 Using Figure 14.1, match the following: -Cell body of ANS preganglionic neuron.

The ________ division alone adapts the lens of the eye for close vision.

Splanchnic nerves are mixed motor and sensory nerves.

The two cholinergic receptor types are nicotonic and ________.

Which sympathetic fibers form a splanchnic nerve?

The autonomic nervous system may cause activation or inhibition, depending on the division that is active and the target that is affected.

The somatic and autonomic nervous systems differ in all of the following except ________.