Internal Balance

Question 1

What are Autonomic Functions?

Answer 1

Functions that are not normally under conscious control (formally vegetative functions

Question 2

What are the 3 body systems?

Answer 2

Somatic, Autonomic Nervous systems and Endocrine system

Question 3

Somatic Nervous System

Answer 3

Voluntary control over bones & muscles

Question 4

Autonomic Nervous System

Answer 4

Unconscious tasks (heart rate, blood pressure, digestion etc.)

Question 5

Endocrine System

Answer 5

Production & Release of hormones

Question 6

4 advantages of ANS control over autonomic functions

Answer 6

It is relatively fast and direct
It coordinates across a wide area of the body
It is flexible in the response types
It acts on structures with intrinsic activity

Question 7

What is the ANS

Answer 7

a pervasive neural network that helps to maintain homestasis

Question 8

How does the ANS mediate relatively rapid responses?

Answer 8

direct nerve control over peripheral structures

Question 9

What are the 3 components in the ANS loop?

Answer 9

motor (efferent) arm
high-level integrative control
sensory (afferent) feedback

Question 10

What are the 3 divisions of the ANS?

Answer 10

Sympathetic (fight/flight/fright)
Parasympathetic (rest/relax/recover)
Enteric (gastrointestinal tract function)

Question 11

What are the components of the ANS motor arm’s two-neuron chain?

Answer 11

Pre-ganglion neuron
Post-ganglion neuron