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The somatic and autonomic nervous systems differ in all of the following EXCEPT ________.


A) their effectors
B) target organ responses to their neurotransmitters
C) regulation of activity by higher brain centers
D) their efferent pathways and ganglia

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Visceral reflexes include the reflexes that empty the bladder and the rectum.

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Acetylcholine is released by all somatic motor neurons,all preganglionic neurons of the ANS and by the postganglionic parasympathetic nerve fibers.

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Visceral reflex arcs differ from somatic in that ________.


A) visceral arcs contain two sensory neurons
B) somatic arcs contain one additional component that visceral arcs do not possess
C) visceral arcs do not use integration centers
D) visceral arcs involve two motor neurons

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Describe three potential outcomes that result when a preganglionic axon reaches a sympathetic trunk ganglion.

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Parasympathetic functions include ________.


A) allowing the body to cope with an external threat
B) raising blood glucose levels
C) lens accommodation for close vision
D) a stimulation of heart rate and force of contraction

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Sympathetic responses generally are widespread because ________.


A) preganglionic fibers are short
B) inactivation of ACh is fairly slow
C) NE and epinephrine are secreted into the blood as part of the sympathetic response
D) preganglionic fibers are long

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Which of the following is NOT a plexus of the vagus (X) nerve?


A) pulmonary
B) esophageal
C) cardiac
D) inferior hypogastric

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Preparing the body for the "fight-or-flight" response is the role of the ________.


A) somatic nervous system
B) parasympathetic division
C) cerebrum
D) sympathetic division

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Drugs called beta-blockers ________.


A) decrease heart rate and blood pressure
B) have widespread sympathetic effects
C) increase a dangerously low heart rate
D) are potent antidepressants

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The effect of the parasympathetic division on the penis is vasodilation causing erection,while ejaculation is due to sympathetic stimulation.

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The facial (VII),glossopharyngeal (IX),and vagus (X)nerves contain postganglionic fibers of the parasympathetic nervous system.

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The parasympathetic ganglion that serves the eye is the ________.


A) submandibular ganglion
B) ciliary ganglion
C) pterygopalatine ganglion
D) otic ganglion

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Where would you NOT find a cholinergeric nicotinic receptor?


A) all postganglionic neurons (cell bodies and dendrites)
B) adrenal medulla hormone producing cells
C) sarcolemma of skeletal muscle cells at neuromuscular junctions
D) all parasympathetic target organs

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Which sympathetic fibers form a splanchnic nerve?


A) those that synapse with parasympathetic fibers
B) those that pass through the trunk ganglion to synapse in collateral or prevertebral ganglia
C) those that synapse with somatic fibers
D) those that synapse in the same trunk ganglion they entered

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Raynaud's disease ________.


A) is frequently life threatening
B) is induced by heat stress
C) occurs primarily in association with injury to the spinal cord
D) is characterized by exaggerated vasoconstriction in the extremities

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Which target organ receives dual innervation?


A) small intestine
B) kidney
C) sweat glands
D) coronary blood vessels

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Autonomic ganglia contain ________.


A) the cell bodies of motor neurons
B) both somatic afferent and efferent neurons
C) synapses between postganglionic fibers and their effectors
D) an outer connective tissue capsule around the cell bodies of preganglionic motor neurons

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Sympathetic division stimulation causes ________.


A) increased blood glucose,decreased GI peristalsis,and increased heart rate and blood pressure
B) decreased blood glucose,increased GI peristalsis,and increased heart rate and blood pressure
C) increased blood glucose,increased GI peristalsis,and decreased heart rate and blood pressure
D) decreased blood glucose,increased GI peristalsis,and decreased heart rate and blood pressure

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Which of the following is mismatched?


A) sympathetic preganglionic fibers; release ACh
B) parasympathetic preganglionic fibers; release ACh
C) parasympathetic postganglionic fibers; release NE
D) sympathetic postganglionic fibers; release NE

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