Human Body in Health and Illness 6th Edition Herlihy Test Bank
Chapter 12: Autonomic Nervous System
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 6th Edition .
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is most related to the “feed-and-breed” system?
a. Pyramidal tracts
b. Sympathetic nervous system
c. Craniosacral outflow
d. Rapid heart rate, palpitations, sweating
ANS: C
2. Which of the following is most characteristic of the parasympathetic nervous system?
a. Adrenergic
b. Norepinephrine
c. Fight-or-flight response
d. Feed-and-breed system
ANS: D
3. Which neurotransmitter is secreted by a cholinergic fiber?
a. Adrenaline
b. Epinephrine
c. Acetylcholine
d. Norepinephrine
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ANS: C
4. What is another term for thoracolumbar outflow?
a. Vagal discharge
b. Parasympathetic nervous system
c. Sympathetic nervous system
d. Limbic system
ANS: C
5. Which of the following is not an effector organ for the autonomic nerves?
a. Skeletal muscle
b. Visceral smooth muscle
c. Glands
d. Cardiac muscle
ANS: A
6. Which of the following is characteristic of the parasympathetic nervous system?
a. Fight-or-flight response
b. Thoracolumbar
c. Paravertebral ganglia
d. Postganglionic fiber is cholinergic
ANS: D
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7. Which of the following is characteristic of the sympathetic nervous system?
a. Craniosacral outflow
b. Cholinergic fibers only
c. Paravertebral ganglia
d. Postganglionic transmitter is ACh
ANS: C
8. The effects of adrenal medullary secretion most resemble
a. craniosacral outflow.
b. firing of the somatic motor neurons.
c. sympathetic nerve discharge.
d. vagal discharge.
ANS: C
9. An adrenergic fiber is one that
a. innervates the adrenal medulla.
b. is a preganglionic fiber.
c. originates in the midbrain.
d. secretes norepinephrine as its transmitter.
ANS: D
10. Which of the following is an adrenergic fiber?
a. Postganglionic parasympathetic
b. Preganglionic sympathetic
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c. Preganglionic parasympathetic
d. Postganglionic sympathetic
ANS: D
11. Sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves
a. are somatic motor neurons.
b. supply voluntary skeletal muscles.
c. include the phrenic, sciatic, and brachial nerves.
d. innervate the viscera.
ANS: D
12. A drug that causes the heart to beat stronger and faster is called
a. parasympatholytic.
b. sympathomimetic.
c. sympatholytic.
d. anticholinergic.
ANS: B
13. Which of the following is an effect of postganglionic parasympathetic discharge?
a. Slowed heart rate
b. Increased blood pressure
c. Dilation of the pupil of the eye
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Chapter 12: Autonomic Nervous System
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 6th Edition .
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is most related to the “feed-and-breed” system?
a. Pyramidal tracts
b. Sympathetic nervous system
c. Craniosacral outflow
d. Rapid heart rate, palpitations, sweating
ANS: C
2. Which of the following is most characteristic of the parasympathetic nervous system?
a. Adrenergic
b. Norepinephrine
c. Fight-or-flight response
d. Feed-and-breed system
ANS: D
3. Which neurotransmitter is secreted by a cholinergic fiber?
a. Adrenaline
b. Epinephrine
c. Acetylcholine
d. Norepinephrine
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ANS: C
4. What is another term for thoracolumbar outflow?
a. Vagal discharge
b. Parasympathetic nervous system
c. Sympathetic nervous system
d. Limbic system
ANS: C
5. Which of the following is not an effector organ for the autonomic nerves?
a. Skeletal muscle
b. Visceral smooth muscle
c. Glands
d. Cardiac muscle
ANS: A
6. Which of the following is characteristic of the parasympathetic nervous system?
a. Fight-or-flight response
b. Thoracolumbar
c. Paravertebral ganglia
d. Postganglionic fiber is cholinergic
ANS: D
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, Human Body in Health and Illness 6th Edition Herlihy Test Bank
7. Which of the following is characteristic of the sympathetic nervous system?
a. Craniosacral outflow
b. Cholinergic fibers only
c. Paravertebral ganglia
d. Postganglionic transmitter is ACh
ANS: C
8. The effects of adrenal medullary secretion most resemble
a. craniosacral outflow.
b. firing of the somatic motor neurons.
c. sympathetic nerve discharge.
d. vagal discharge.
ANS: C
9. An adrenergic fiber is one that
a. innervates the adrenal medulla.
b. is a preganglionic fiber.
c. originates in the midbrain.
d. secretes norepinephrine as its transmitter.
ANS: D
10. Which of the following is an adrenergic fiber?
a. Postganglionic parasympathetic
b. Preganglionic sympathetic
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c. Preganglionic parasympathetic
d. Postganglionic sympathetic
ANS: D
11. Sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves
a. are somatic motor neurons.
b. supply voluntary skeletal muscles.
c. include the phrenic, sciatic, and brachial nerves.
d. innervate the viscera.
ANS: D
12. A drug that causes the heart to beat stronger and faster is called
a. parasympatholytic.
b. sympathomimetic.
c. sympatholytic.
d. anticholinergic.
ANS: B
13. Which of the following is an effect of postganglionic parasympathetic discharge?
a. Slowed heart rate
b. Increased blood pressure
c. Dilation of the pupil of the eye
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