Rio Salado Bio 201 Exam 3 Questions And Answers
With Marking Scheme
autonomic nervous system broken into what two systems? - Answer-sympathetic and
parasympathetic
/.sympathetic nervous system responsible for what? - Answer-fight or flight
response(stress response)
/.nerves of sympathetic originate in what area? - Answer-thoracolumbar
/.where are sympathetic ganglia located? - Answer-near spinal cord
/.what is the ganglion function? - Answer-houses millions of synapses
/.which system has longer preganglionic fibers? - Answer-parasympathetic
/.which system has longer postganglionic fibers? - Answer-sympathetic
/.what is the function of the parasympathetic nervous system - Answer-calm down,
digestion, all autonomic responses that don't have to do with stress .
/.where are parasympathetic going located? - Answer-closer to organs that they effect
/.where do parasympathetic nerves originate? - Answer-cranialsacral
/.how many meet at a ganglia? - Answer-2
/.how does the sympathetic get enough energy to respond to fight or flight? - Answer-
slows or shutsdown the parasympathetic
/.what two chemicals does stress use to respond? - Answer-neurotransmitters and
hormones
/.what neurotransmitter is sent across ganglia to the postganglionic cell to initiate
actions? - Answer-ACH
/.what neurotransmitter is sent from postganglionic fibers to final synapse to initiate
action? - Answer-norepinephrine
/.what hormone is released from preganglionic fibers and where is it released to? -
Answer-AcH to adrenal glands
/.is norepinephrine a hormone or neurotransmitter? - Answer-both
With Marking Scheme
autonomic nervous system broken into what two systems? - Answer-sympathetic and
parasympathetic
/.sympathetic nervous system responsible for what? - Answer-fight or flight
response(stress response)
/.nerves of sympathetic originate in what area? - Answer-thoracolumbar
/.where are sympathetic ganglia located? - Answer-near spinal cord
/.what is the ganglion function? - Answer-houses millions of synapses
/.which system has longer preganglionic fibers? - Answer-parasympathetic
/.which system has longer postganglionic fibers? - Answer-sympathetic
/.what is the function of the parasympathetic nervous system - Answer-calm down,
digestion, all autonomic responses that don't have to do with stress .
/.where are parasympathetic going located? - Answer-closer to organs that they effect
/.where do parasympathetic nerves originate? - Answer-cranialsacral
/.how many meet at a ganglia? - Answer-2
/.how does the sympathetic get enough energy to respond to fight or flight? - Answer-
slows or shutsdown the parasympathetic
/.what two chemicals does stress use to respond? - Answer-neurotransmitters and
hormones
/.what neurotransmitter is sent across ganglia to the postganglionic cell to initiate
actions? - Answer-ACH
/.what neurotransmitter is sent from postganglionic fibers to final synapse to initiate
action? - Answer-norepinephrine
/.what hormone is released from preganglionic fibers and where is it released to? -
Answer-AcH to adrenal glands
/.is norepinephrine a hormone or neurotransmitter? - Answer-both
