Autonomic nervous system

Question 1

What is the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 1

A functional division of the nervous system

Question 2

What cells do the efferent neurons of the autonomic nervous system control?

Answer 2

Smooth muscle cells
cardiac muscle
gland cells

Question 3

What are the two subsystems of the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 3

Sympathetic nervous and parasympathetic nervous system

Question 4

How does the sympathetic nervous system reach a target cell?

Answer 4

Begins in the middle section of the spinal cord, through a short axon to a ganglia next to the spinal cord before a longer axon to the target cell

Question 5

How does the parasympathetic nervous system reach a target cell?

Answer 5

Begins in the upper or lower part of the spinal cord, through a long axon to ganglia then a shorter axon to the target cell

Question 6

What is a major change the sympathetic nervous system is responsible for?

Answer 6

Fight or flight

Question 7

What is a major change the parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for?

Answer 7

Rest and digest