Unit 11 – ANS

Matching

S sympathetic P Parasympathetic

1. _____ Postganglionic neurotransmitter is ACh

2. _____ Fight-or-flight

3. _____ Feed-and-breed

4. _____ Craniosacral outflow

5. _____ Postganglionic neurotransmitter is norepinephrine

6. _____ Thoracolumbar outflow

7. _____ Paravertebral ganglia

8. _____ Long preganglionic fibers

9. _____ Resting and digesting

10. _____ Sympathetic chain ganglia

11. _____ Postganglionic fiber is cholinergic

12. _____ Postganglionic fiber is adrenergic

13. _____ Both the preganglionic and postganglionic fibers are cholinergic

14. _____ Short preganglionic fibers

15. _____ Muscarinic receptors on the effector organs

16. _____ Alpha or beta receptors on the effector organs

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Unit 11 – ANS
Matching

S sympathetic P Parasympathetic

1. _____ Panic attack symptoms

2. _____ Increased heart rate

3. _____ Increased blood pressure

4. _____ Constriction of the pupils of the eyes

5. _____ Urination

6. _____ Constriction of the blood vessels

7. _____ Dilation of the pupils of the eyes

8. _____ Profuse perspiration (diaphoresis)

9. _____ Decreased heart rate

10. _____ Relaxation of the breathing passages (bronchioles)

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Unit 11 – ANS
Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is not an effector organ for the autonomic nerves?
a. skeletal muscle
b. visceral smooth muscle
c. glands
d. cardiac muscle

2. Which of the following is characteristic of the parasympathetic nervous system?

a. fight-or-flight
b. thoracolumbar
c. paravertebral ganglia
d. postganglionic fiber is cholinergic

3. Which of the following is characteristic of the sympathetic nervous system?

a. craniosacral
b. cholinergic only
c. paravertebral ganglia
d. postganglionic transmitter is ACh

4. The effects of adrenal medullary secretion most resembles

a. craniosacral outflow.
b. beta adrenergic blockade.
c. sympathetic nerve discharge.
d. vagal discharge.

5. An adrenergic fiber is one that

a. is classified as cholinergic.
b. is an autonomic preganglionic fiber.
c. secretes norepinephrine as its transmitter.
d. secretes acetylcholine as it transmitter.

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6. Which of the following is most likely to increase the strength of cardiac
contraction?
a. alpha1 adrenergic blocker
b. muscarinic antagonist
c. cholinergic blocker
d. beta1 adrenergic agonist

7. Which of the following is an effect of postganglionic parasympathetic discharge?

a. slowing of heart rate
b. increased blood pressure
c. tachycardia
d. mydriasis

8. Sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves

a. are sensory fibers.
b. supply voluntary skeletal muscles.
c. include the phrenic, sciatic, and brachial nerves.
d. innervate the viscera.

9. Which of the following is an effect of postganglionic parasympathetic discharge?

a. slowed heart rate
b. increased blood pressure
c. dilation of the pupil of the eye
d. stronger contraction of the heart

10. Paravertebral ganglia

a. are part of the thoracolumbar outflow.
b. “drive” the vagus nerve.
c. are located within the effector organs.
d. contain muscarinic receptors.

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11. Which of the following is least true of the vagus nerve?
a. cholinergic
b. increases heart rate
c. its effect on the heart is eliminated by a muscarinic blocker
d. its transmitter is ACh

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