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The ANS consists of _____ neurons that innervate _____ and _____ muscle and glands

A

Motor; smooth; cardiac

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The ANS makes adjustments to ensure optimal support for body activities. True or false?

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True

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The ANS operates via subconscious control. true or false?

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True

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What are the two branches of the ANS?

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Sympathetic and parasympathetic

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Is sympathetic active or calm?

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Active

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Is the parasympathetic system responsible for functions of the body at rest, such as digestion?

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Yes

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Are you in control of the somatic nervous system?

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Yes

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Cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and glands. Somatic or ANS?

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ANS

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Somatic, which is conscious control, controls the skeletal muscles because you can move them. True?

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Yes

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A somatic motor fiber is thick and heavily ______

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myelinated

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Is the ANS pathway a one neuron chain?

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NO, two-neuron

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Is a ganglionic neuron of the ANS thin and lightly myelinated?

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NO, that’s a preganglionic

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_______ neuron in the CNS has a thin, lightly myelinated _______ axon

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Preganglionic x2

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Does a ganglionic neuron contain an unmyelinated postganglionic axon?

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Yes

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Some somatic neurons release ACh. True or false?

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False, ALL somatic motor neurons release ACh

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Which ganglionic fiber releases ACh? pre or post?

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Pre

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17
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Which ganglionic fiber releases norepinephrine and/or ACh? Post or pre?

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Post ganglionic

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Depending on the type of receptor, ganglionic fibers have the effect of either _____ or ____

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stimulatory or inhibitory

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19
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The sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the ANS have dual innervation. True or false?

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True

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All visceral organs are served by both branches of the ANS, but they cause _____ effects

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opposite

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21
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Which ANS branch promotes maintenance activities and conserves body energy?

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Parasympathetic

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22
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Is gastrointestinal tract activity high when your parasympathetic division is working?

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Yes

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23
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Pupils are constricting during which division of the ANS?

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Parasympathetic

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24
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Which ANS division mobilizes the body during activity?

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Sympatthetic

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Which ANS division promotes adjustments during exercise?
Sympathetic
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"blood flow is shunted to skeletal muscles and heart" this occurs with the ______ division
Sympathetic
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"Bronchioles dilate" during which ANS branch?
Sympathetic
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The liver releases glucose with the parasympathetic branch. True or false?
False; sympathetic
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Preganglionic neurons are in which spinal cord segments?
T1-L2
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_______ neurons produce the lateral horns of the spinal cord
Sympathetic
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How many paravertebral ganglia are in the sympathetic trunk?
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What are three things a preganglionic fiber might do when it enters the sympathetic trunk ganglion? 1. Synapse with a _____ neuron with the same ganglion
Ganglionic
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What are three things a preganglionic fiber might do when it enters the sympathetic trunk ganglion? 2. ______ or ______ the sympathetic trunk to synapse in another trunk gangkion
Ascend or descend
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What are three things a preganglionic fiber might do when it enters the sympathetic trunk ganglion? 3. _____ through the trunk ganglion and emerge without synapsing
Pass
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Sweat glands, arrector pili muscles, and vascular smooth muscles are innervated by the _______ axons
Postganglionic
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Some _______ fibers pass directly to the adrenal medulla without synapsing
Preganglionic
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Upon stimulation, ________ cells secrete norepinephrine and epinephrine into the blood
Medullary
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Visceral reflex arc has _____ neurons in the motor pathway
Two
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Visceral pain afferents travel alone the same pathways as _____ pain fibers, contributing to the phenomenon of referred pain
somatic
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Concerning referred pain, pain stimuli arising in the viscera are perceived as _____ in origin
somatic
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Which fibers release the neurotransmitter ACh (ALL ANS preganglioic axons and parasympathetic postganglionic axons)
Cholinergic
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Which fibers release the neurotransmitter NE (most sympathetic postganglionic axons)
Adrenergic
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Sympathetic postganglionic fibers secrete _____ at sweat glans and some blood vessels in the skeletal muscle
ACh
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ACh has ______ receptors
Cholinergic
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NE has ______ receptors
Adrenergic
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Which two types of receptors bind to ACh?
Nicotinic and muscarinic
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Where are nicotinic receptors found? (concerning muscle)
Motor end plates of skeletal muscle cells
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Where are nicotinic receptors found? (concerning neurons)
ALL ganglionic neurons, symp. and parasymp.
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Where are nicotinic receptors found? (concerning hormone producing cells)
Cells of the adrenal medulla
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IS the effect of ACh at nicotinic receptors stimulatory or inhibitory?
Stimulatory
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Muscarinic receptors are found on all effectors cells stimulated by ____ganglionic ______ fibers
post; cholinergic
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The effect of ACh at muscarinic receptors can be wither inhibitory or excitatory. True or false?
True
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What are the two types of adrenergic receptors?
Alpha and Beta
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Effects of __ depend on which subclass receptor predominates on the target organ
NE
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Which drug blocks muscarinic receptors?
Atropine
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Atropine is used to prevent what during surgery?
Salivation
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Atropine is used to dilate the ____ for examination
pupils
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The drug neostigmine inhibits ________ at motor end plates
AcetylcholinestERASE
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What is neostigmine used to treat?
Myasthenia graves
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Over the counter drugs for colds and allergies stimulate ______ receptors which result in smooth muscle constriction
Adrenergic
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With beta drugs, beta-agonist are ______ and beta antagonists are _____
stimulators;blockers
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Beta-1-agonists stimulate which muscles contraction?
Heart muscle
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Beta-2-agonists are drugs the attach to receptors to _____ lung bronchioles in asthmatcis
Dilate
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Do beta-2-agonists stimulate smooth muscle relaxation?
Yes
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Beta-1-blocker block ____ contraction
heart
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Beta-2-blocker blocks _____ muscle relaxation
smooth muscle
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The ______ division controls blood pressure, even at rest
Sympathetic
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_______ tone keeps the blood vessels in a continual state of partial constriction
Sympathetic
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With sympathetic tone, sympathetic fibers fire more rabidly to _____ blood vessels and cause blood pressure to ____ or..... they can fire LESS rapidly, which prompts vessels to ______ which decreases blood ppressure
constrict and rise; dilate
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Alpha-blocker drugs interfere with vasomotor fibers and are used to treat _______
Hypertension
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Both branches of the ANS have cooperative effects. Parasympathetic fibers cause _______ (erection of penis or clioris), and then sympathetic fibers cause ______ of semen, and the reflect contraction of a female's vagina
Vaslolidation; ejaculation
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The sympathetic division controls thermoregulatory responses to heat. True or false?
True
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Which ANS division is responsible for release of renin?
Sympathetic
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Which ANS brach increases metabolic rates of cells, raises blood glucose levels, and mobilizes fats?
Sympathetic
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The parasympathetic is short live and highly ______. The sympathetic division is long-lasting with _____ effects
localized; bodywide
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What is responsible for the sympathetic division being long lasting?
NE
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NE and ________ are released into the blood and remain there until destroyed by the liver
Epinephrine
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Which structure of the brain is the main integration center for ANS activity?
Hypothalamus
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Hypothalamic control of the ANS might be direct or indirect. True or false?
TRue
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Centers of the hypothalamus control include heart activity and _____ _____. Body temperature, water balance, and _____ activity.
blood pressure; endocrine
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Hypothalamus control includes the _____ ______ (rage, pleasure, hunger, thirst, sex)
Emotional stages
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Reactions to fear is part of the ________ control center
Hypothalamus

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