Autonomic Nervous System

Question 0

What does the CNS consist of

Answer 0

The brain in the spine

Question 1

CNS

Answer 1

Central nervous system

Question 2

PNS

Answer 2

Peripheral nervous system

Question 3

Somatic is voluntary and innervates what

Answer 3

Skeletal muscles

Question 4

The autonomic nervous system is in voluntary and innervates what

Answer 4

Digestion and circulation

Question 5

The autonomic nervous system is divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions what’s the difference

Answer 5

Sympathetic is fight or flight

Parasympathetic is rest and digest

Question 6

The unit of cellular structure of the CNS

Answer 6

Neuron

Question 7

Electrical influx or action potential

Answer 7

How a neuron communicates

Question 8

In what part of the neuron do the normal cell processes occurs

Answer 8

Cell body or soma

Question 9

Where are the receptors located

Answer 9

In the dendrites

Question 10

Axon is know as the _____ part

Answer 10

Sending

Question 11

In the sending part, how many directions does the impulse travel

Answer 11

One direction

Question 12

Where do axons terminate

Answer 12

Axon terminal / vesicles

Question 13

How do neurons communicate

Answer 13

By way of the synaptic cleft

Question 14

The target is also know as

Answer 14

Effector

Question 15

If the synapse is outside the CNS what is it called

Answer 15

Ganglion

Question 16

Where do neurons of the sympathetic division originate

Answer 16

Thoracolumbar portion of spine

Question 17

The origin portion of the spinal cord is known as preganglionic or________

Answer 17

Presynapse

Question 18

Postganglionic or post synapse neurons extend where

Answer 18

Organs

Question 19

Preganglionic/presynaptic neurons originate in the brain and sacrum. How do they travel?

Answer 19

They don’t travel thru spinal nerves but thru the postganglions to the target or effector

Question 20

The electrical signal from the brain that crosses the synapse is transformed into a chemical called what

Answer 20

Neurotransmitter

Question 21

Where are neurotransmitters stored

Answer 21

In the vesicles of a neuron at the terminal

Question 22

What do neurotransmitters bind to on the postganglions?

Answer 22

Receptors

Question 23

Nerve action is either inhibitory or

Answer 23

Excitatory

Question 24

What process allows the neurotransmitter to be removed then allowing a second transmission

Answer 24

Reuptake process

Question 25

Reuptake happens at the axon terminal where _________ inactivate/remove the neurotransmitters

Answer 25

Enzymes

Question 26

What are the primary Nero transmitter chemicals Other neurotransmitters are epinephrine dopamine serotonin and _____

Answer 26

Acetylcholine and norepinephrine GAMA

Question 27

Where are receptors located What type of muscle and glands are receptors located

Answer 27

In the dendrites of the postganglions Smooth and cardiac muscle and glands

Question 28

What organs are not innervated by neurons

Answer 28

Sweat glands Smooth muscle of hair follicles Adrenal medulla Blood vessels of the skin

Question 29

Adrenergic

Answer 29

Sympathetic

Question 30

Collinergic

Answer 30

Parasympathetic

Question 31

Rest and digest maintains homeostasis and slows______ Lowers____ Stimulates_____

Answer 31

Heart rate Blood pressure Gastrointestinal

Question 32

Fight or flight Increases------ Increases------ Dialates-----

Answer 32

Heart rate Blood flow Bronchi

Question 33

Acetylcholine is released from the preganglionic terminal and excites the adrenergic/postganglions and initiates synthesis and release of---

Answer 33

Norepinephrine into the neuroeffector junction

Question 34

Catechilamines are adrenergic neurotransmitters. | What are they derived from?

Answer 34

Amid acid. tyrosine

Question 35

What r the principle amino acid catecholamines?

Answer 35

EPI NE Dopamine

Question 36

What do cholinergic / nerve fibers synthesize

Answer 36

ACh

Question 37

Nerve fibers that secrete NE are called what

Answer 37

Adrenergic