Practice quiz Module 12
The parasympathetic nervous system is more active when are ______
At rest and digesting food
The parasympathetic nervous system shares control with the sympathetic nervous system over all of the following except the _____
Blood vessels
All of the "E"s are used to describe the sympathetic nervous system except
Excretion
The main integration center for the ANS is the ______
Hypothalamus
Acetylcholine is released by ______ post ganglionic neurons and is removed _______ than norepinephrine
Parasympathetic; faster
A post ganglionic neuron ______.
Releases a neurotransmitter at the effector cell
The output of the ANS does not control
Skeletal muscle
Norepinephrine is secreted by _____
Some axons of the sympathetic nervous system
Body temperature regulation is under the control of the ______
Sympathetic Nervous system
These normally have the shortest preganglionic axons
Sympathetic ganglia
Muscarinic receptors differ from nicotinic receptors in that _____
They can be inhibitory
About 90% of the parasympathetic fibers are located in which cranial nerve?
X (Vagus nerve)
All of the following are effects of the sympathetic nervous system except _______
increase in digestion
Which of the below responses is not caused by the sympathetic division?
Airway constriction
Which of the following is a type of adrenergic receptor?
Alpha
All the following "D''s describe the effects of the parasympathetic nervous system except ____
Deep breathing
Increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system will cause pupil diameter to_______
Increase
Which of the followin conditions, sometimes seen in the elderly, is a problem of the sympathetic rather than the parasympathetic nervous system?
Orthostatic hypotension
Which of the following statements is true of the parasympathetic nervous system?
The fibers emerge from the brain and sacral portion of the spinal cord
These are structures containing sympathetic preganglionic axons that connect the anterior ramus of the spinal nerve with the ganglia of the sympathetic trunk
White rami communicantes