NURS 6003 Chapter 12 Questions and Verified
Answers
flight or fight Correct Answer: sympathetic
relax and digest Correct Answer: parasympathetic
visceral nervous system= Correct Answer: autonomic nervous system
A set of efferent pathways from the central nervous system that innervates and
regulates smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, and glands Correct Answer: involuntary
autonomic nervous system
is different from somatic nervous system which innervates skeletal muscle Correct
Answer: voluntary
What are the three divisions of the autonomic nervous system Correct Answer:
sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric
what effect does the autonomic nervous system have on the organs Correct Answer:
sympathetic and parasympathetic actions often oppose each other
Sympathetic action to the heart Correct Answer: increase hr, contractility and av
node conduction
Para-sympathetic action to the heart Correct Answer: decrease hr, contractility and
av node conduction
Sympathetic action to the vascular smooth muscle Correct Answer: constricts blood
vessels in skin; splanchic
dilated blood vessels in skeletal muscles
Para-sympathetic action to the vascular smooth muscle Correct Answer: none
Answers
flight or fight Correct Answer: sympathetic
relax and digest Correct Answer: parasympathetic
visceral nervous system= Correct Answer: autonomic nervous system
A set of efferent pathways from the central nervous system that innervates and
regulates smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, and glands Correct Answer: involuntary
autonomic nervous system
is different from somatic nervous system which innervates skeletal muscle Correct
Answer: voluntary
What are the three divisions of the autonomic nervous system Correct Answer:
sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric
what effect does the autonomic nervous system have on the organs Correct Answer:
sympathetic and parasympathetic actions often oppose each other
Sympathetic action to the heart Correct Answer: increase hr, contractility and av
node conduction
Para-sympathetic action to the heart Correct Answer: decrease hr, contractility and
av node conduction
Sympathetic action to the vascular smooth muscle Correct Answer: constricts blood
vessels in skin; splanchic
dilated blood vessels in skeletal muscles
Para-sympathetic action to the vascular smooth muscle Correct Answer: none
