Final: Week 4 VOCAB

Question 1

What is the concept that most organs receive nerve fibers from both the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 1

Dual innervation

Question 2

What is another term for the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system, referring to the region of the spinal cord where its preganglionic neurons originate?

Answer 2

Thoracolumbar division

Question 3

What is another term for the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system, referring to the regions of the brainstem (cranial nerves) and sacral spinal cord where its preganglionic neurons originate?

Answer 3

Craniosacral division

Question 4

What term describes the neuron that carries nerve impulses from the central nervous system to an autonomic ganglion?

Answer 4

Preganglionic

Question 5

What term describes the neuron that carries nerve impulses from an autonomic ganglion to an effector organ?

Answer 5

Postganglionic

Question 6

What is the part of the brain that plays a crucial role in many important functions, including the control of body temperature, hunger, thirst, and the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 6

Hypothalamus

Question 7

What is the tendency of the body to maintain internal stability and a constant, balanced state?

Answer 7

Homeostasis

Question 8

What is another term for the pituitary gland, a small gland located at the base of the brain that produces and releases hormones?

Answer 8

Hypophysis

Question 9

What is the hormone that plays a role in childbirth and lactation, as well as in social bonding and sexual reproduction?

Answer 9

Oxytocin

Question 10

What is the hormone that regulates water balance in the body by controlling the amount of water excreted by the kidneys?

Answer 10

Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)/vasopressin

Question 11

What is the hormone that stimulates the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) from the pituitary gland?

Answer 11

TRH

Question 12

What is the hormone that stimulates the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the pituitary gland?

Answer 12

CRH

Question 13

What is the hormone that stimulates the release of gonadotropins (FSH and LH) from the pituitary gland?

Answer 13

GnRH

Question 14

What is the hormone that stimulates the release of growth hormone (GH) from the pituitary gland?

Answer 14

GHRH

Question 15

What are the substances that inhibit the release of certain hormones from the pituitary gland?

Answer 15

Inhibiting factors