Autonomic Nervous System

Question 1

The autonomic nervous system is sub divided into what?

Answer 1

Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems

Question 2

What controls the flight or fight response?

Answer 2

Sympathetic

Question 3

What controls the rest and digest response?

Answer 3

Parasympathetic

Question 4

Which ANS subdivision have fibres that are thoracolumbar?

Answer 4

Sypathetic

Question 5

Which ANS subdivision have fibres that are craniosacral?

Answer 5

Parasympathetic

Question 6

The ganglia is found closer tot he spinal cord so the excitatory signals travel into ganglia near the spine, can trigger action potentials in a large number of other neurons in many different effectors (e.g. heart, lungs, stomach and adrenal glands)?

Answer 6

Sympathetic

Question 7

This is found mostly near or inside their effector organs as this system is responsible for taking care of particular functions only when you have the time and energy to do so, like digesting food and excreting waste.

Answer 7

Parasympathetic

Question 8

Preganglionic fibres running from the spinal cord to the ganglia are much shorter than the postganglionic fibres, leaving the ganglia?

Answer 8

Sympathetic

Question 9

Preganglionic fibres are longer than the postgnaglionic fibres?

Answer 9

Parasympathetic