nervous system

Question 1

what are lines of communication called?

in peripheral nervous system

Answer 1

sensory afferent (toward body) and motor division (away)

Question 2

what are the two systems that the peripheral nervous system branch out of?

Answer 2

somatic (voluntary) and autonomic (involuntary)

Question 3

which system has two sub branches? What are they called?

Answer 3

the ANS has sympathic (fight or flight) and parasympatheitc (rest and digest)

Question 4

what drug triggers the sympathetic

Answer 4

cocaine

Question 5

what drug triggers the parasympathetic?

Answer 5

weed

Question 6

reflexes

why would a doctor use the pupillary test, instead of the knee jerk to test for brain death?

Answer 6

the pupillary reaction happens becasue of the brainstem

Question 7

reflexes

what are the receptors for the knee jerk?

Answer 7

quads

Question 8

reflexes

what are the receptors for pupillary

Answer 8

the midbrain

Question 9

reflexes

does parkinsons affect reflexes

Answer 9

yes, it inhibits parasympathetic and sympathetic