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