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Chapter 15 Flashcards

1
Q

The autonomic nervous system contains what two divisions?

A

Sympathetic & parasympathetic

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2
Q

What happens during rest & digest

A

Everything relaxes

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3
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Rest and digest is a ___ reaction

A

Parasympathetic

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4
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What happens during fight or flight

A

Everything tenses, adrenaline and focus heightens

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5
Q

Fight or flight is a ___ response

A

Sympathetic

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6
Q

What is the main parasympathetic nerve?

A

Vagus nerve

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7
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Which cranial nerve is the vagus nerve

A

Cranial nerve X(10)

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8
Q

Postganglionic varicosities are also called

A

Boutans on smooth muscle

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9
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Postganglionic varicosities are ___ along nerve fibers

A

Swells

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10
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Somatic cells are

A

Body cells

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11
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Autonomic means

A

Involuntary

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12
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Somatic reflexes are directly connected from

A

spinal cord to skeletal muscle

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13
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Visceral reflexes go from

A

Central neuron > ganglion > target

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14
Q

Both somatic and visceral reflexes are used for

A

Motor in skeletal muscles

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15
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Short reflexes travel from

A

Sensation, sensory receptor cell, ganglion

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16
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Long reflexes travel from

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Sensation, sensory receptor cell, spinal cord, ganglion, brain

17
Q

Digestion is considered a

A

Short reflex

18
Q

The enteric nervous system works the

A

Digestive system

19
Q

Pupil dilation/constriction is

A

Involuntary

20
Q

The hypothalamus focuses on

A

Homeostasis

21
Q

The hypothalamus is the central control for the ___ system

A

Autonomic nervous system

22
Q

The limbic lobe is located where?

A

In the center of the brain

23
Q

The limbic lobe contains

A

Amygdala, hippocampus, cingulate gyrus, corpus callosum, and thalamus

24
Q

The limbic lobe controls

A

Eat, sleep, and reproduction

25
Q

The amygdala and hippocampus control

A

Emotions

26
Q

The limbic lobe makes up

A

Personality

27
Q

The amygdala usually deals with

A

Anger

28
Q

The cingulate gyrus connects

A

The inner and outer brain

29
Q

The corpus callosum is where ___ & ___ communicate

A

Right and left brain

30
Q

Blood pressure is maintained through what system

A

Sympathetic nervous system

31
Q

How does the sympathetic nervous system maintain blood pressure

A

Dilating vessels in the muscles

32
Q

The brain can never lose ___

A

Blood supply

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