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Anatomy and Physiology Practice Test: The Autonomic Nervous System
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1. Beta-blockers ________.
2. Cranial nerves VII, IX, and X contain postganglionic fibers of the parasympathetic nervous system.
3. The ANS stimulates smooth and skeletal muscles and glands, whereas the somatic nervous system innervates cardiac muscles only.
4. Autonomic ganglia contain ________.
5. β-adrenergic receptors are the only receptors found on the heart.
6. Splanchnic nerves pass through the abdominal aortic plexus.
7. Erection of the penis or clitoris ________.
8. Which of these effectors is not directly controlled by the autonomic nervous system?
9. The somatic and autonomic nervous systems differ in all of the following except ________.
10. Events recorded in a lie detector examination are controlled by the sympathetic division.
11. Which of the following is not a result of parasympathetic stimulation?
12. The vagus nerve does not innervate the ________.
13. Parasympathetic functions include ________.
14. Acetylcholine is the substance released by the axonal endings of the somatic efferent fibers and by the parasympathetic nerve fiber endings.
15. Sympathetic responses generally are widespread because ________.
16. Most body organs are innervated by only the sympathetic division of the nervous system.
17. Splanchnic nerves are mixed motor and sensory nerves.
18. Autonomic reflex centers occur in the spinal cord, medulla, and midbrain.
19. Through direct neural stimulation, the sympathetic division promotes many metabolic effects via hormone release.
20. Alpha-adrenergic effects are usually stimulatory and mediatory.
21. Sympathetic division stimulation causes ________.
22. Preparing the body for the ʺfight-or-flightʺ response is the role of the ________.
23. Which sympathetic fibers form the splanchnic nerve?
24. Fibers that enter and leave the sympathetic chain without synapsing form structures called ________.
25. Most blood vessels are innervated by the sympathetic division alone.

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