Chapter 15

Question 1

Outline organization of the Nervous System

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Question 2

What components make up the Central Nervous System

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Question 3

What components make up the Peripheral Nervous System

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Question 4

How do the Somatic Nervous System and the Autonomic Nervous System differ

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Question 5

Compare the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Divisions of the ANS:

1. Which has a more widespread effect? Why?
2. Which one is referred to as “Fight-or-Flight”, emergency, exercise, or stress situation? “Rest-and-digest?
3. Which one is referred to as the thoracolumbar and why?
4. Which one is referred to as the cranioscaral and why?

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Question 6

List features (name, location, what can bind to receptor) of receptors for neurotransmitters

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Question 7

What neurotransmitter is released from a somatic motor neuron

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Question 8

What neurotransmitter is released from an autonomic postganglionic motor neuron of the Sympathetic Division

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Question 9

What two cholinergic receptors can the neurotransmitter Acetlycholine (ACh) bind to

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1. Nicotinic

2. Muscarinic

Question 10

Where are the nicotinic and muscarinic receptors located

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Question 11

List two hormones produced by the adrenal medulla (inner part of the adrenal gland)

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Question 12

Why are the products produced by the adrenal medulla considered hormones

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Question 13

What type of neuron stimulates the release of hormones from the adrenal medulla

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Question 14

1. The neurotransmitter norepinepherine (NE) binds to _______ receptors.
2. List the different types

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1. Adrenergic

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Question 15

Compare the actions of the neurotransmitters and their receptors from the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Divisions on the smooth muscle of the bronchioles, which from the small airways in the lungs

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Question 16

What is meant by dual innervation

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Question 17

What effect does an agonist, versus an antagonist have on a receptor

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Question 18

For the following effectors (targets) list the neurotransmitter, receptor, and effect seen during the “Fight-or-Flight (emergency) situation:

1. Cardiac muscle
2. Smooth muscle of bronchioles of airways
3. Blood vessels vascularizing skeletal muscle
4. Gastrointestinal tract

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Question 19

For the following effectors (targets) list the neurotransmitter, receptor, and effect seen during the “Rest-and-Digest” situation:

1. Cardiac muscle
2. Smooth muscle of the bronchioles of airways

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Question 20

What effect do B1 blockers have on cardiac muscle

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Question 21

Find the sympathetic trunk ganglia. Why is it referred to as a ganglia

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