Autonomic Nervous System
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- Q1Which of the following is NOT true regarding the humoral mechanism of autonomic control?Responses are slow to developHormones are the mode of responseIt uses the circulatory system to respondThe effects don’t last very long30s
- Q2The 3 divisions of the visceral pathways are described as motor because they control what structures?Glandular secretory cellsSmooth muscleAll of the aboveCardiac muscle30s
- Q3Which of the following structures is stimulated by sympathetic axons?Lens of the eyeSweat glands secretionNailsCartilage30s
- Q4Where are the cell bodies of postganglionic neurons in the autonomic peripheral nervous system pathways?In the autonomic gangliaJust outside of the autonomic gangliaIn the basal gangliaIn the dorsal motor vagal nucleus30s
- Q5Which of the following is NOT an effect of sympathetic activity?Decrease sweatingIncrease blood glucose levelsDecrease blood to abdominal visceraIncrease heart rate30s
- Q6Postganglionic parasympathetic axons that innervate the head via cranial nerves are found in all these ganglia EXCEPTParavertebral gangliaPterygopalatine ganglionOtic ganglionCiliary ganglion30s
- Q7Nociceptive information from visceral tissues is carried almost exclusively bySympathetic nervesSomatic visceral afferentsSomatic sensory afferentsParasympathetic nerves30s
- Q8Specialized receptors in parasympathetic axons that are responsive to changes in arterial blood pressure areThermal receptorsBaroreceptorsOsmoreceptorsChemoreceptors30s
- Q9Which of the following is true of neurotransmission in the autonomic nervous system?Both preganglionic and postganglionic parasympathetic neurons use norepinephrineThe neurotransmitter used by preganglionic neurons of the sympathetic division is acetylcholineMost postganglionic neurons of the sympathetic division use acetylcholinePreganglionic parasympathetic neurons use acetylcholine, while postganglionic parasympathetic neurons use norepinephrine30s
- Q10An increase in the strength or duration of an excitatory stimulus to the presynaptic cell results in the release of greater quantities of neurotransmitterTRUEFALSE30s
- Q11During an inhibitory postsynaptic potential which of the following ions hyperpolarize the cell by entering and leaving the cell, respectively?Na+, K+Cl-, K+Cl-, Na+K+, Ca+30s
- Q12Pain can be intensified or lessened by presynaptic facilitation or inhibition, respectively. Which of the following synaptic inputs is responsible for this?AxoaxonicAxosomaticSynaptic cleftAxodendritic30s
- Q13Acetylcholine is the major conveyor of information in the PNS, but which of the following is a function of ACh in the CNS?Changes pain perceptionElicits learningAffects moodSelection of objects of attention30s
- Q14Low levels of which fast acting neurotransmitter can lead to neural over activity?GABAAspartateAchGlutamate30s
- Q15Over activity of neurons located in the substantia nigra may result in what disorder?Panic disorderDepressionParkinsonsSchizophrenia30s