Autonomic Nervous System

Question 1

What are the hormone-secreting cells of the adrenal medulla?

Answer 1

Postganglionic neurons

Question 2

They are named because they form a chain along both sides of the spinal chord

Answer 2

Sympathetic chain ganglia

Question 3

What does the collateral ganglia consist of??

Answer 3

Celiac, superior mesenteric, and inferior mesenteric ganglia.

Question 4

Where are collateral ganglia located?

Answer 4

Nearer target organs

Question 5

What neurons of the vagus nerve supply most of the thoracic and abdominal organs?

Answer 5

Preganglionic neuron

Question 6

All preganglionic neurons of both the sympathetic and the parasympathetic divisions and all the postganglionic neurons of the parasympathetic division secrete?

Answer 6

The neurotransmitter acetylcholine

Question 7

What neurons of what division secrete norepinephrine?

Answer 7

Most postganglionic neurons of the sympathetic division secrete norepinephrine

Question 8

What is the unique feature of the enteric neurons?

Answer 8

They are capable of monitoring and controlling the digestive tract independently of the CNS through local reflexes