DRE Study Guide 2: Session 6 -
Physiology Exam Questions with correct
Answers 2025/2026 / A+ Graded / 100%
Verified
What is "Average"? - ANS -Average is the expected value the majority of non-impaired
people exhibit.
Normal within the DEC Program - ANS -"Normal" describes both a range of values or
results "close to" average or "expected", but can be above or below the "average" value
for the majority of healthy non-impaired people as well as to describe unremarkable
muscle tone, etc.
What is an opinion? - ANS -Judgement base on specific knowledge and experience.
What is a Diagnosis? - ANS -Legal and medical conclusion reached by someone with
medical experience and expertise.
What does MURDERSINC stand for? - ANS -Muscular
Urinary
Respiratory
Digestive
Endocrine
Reproductive
Skeletal
Integumentary
Nervous
Circulatory
What is Homeostasis? - ANS -Dynamic balance, or steady state, involving levels of salts,
water, sugars and other material in the body's fluids.
What are the key systems for DREs? - ANS -Nervous and Circulatory
What is the acronym MESA used to remember? - ANS -Motor - Efferrent nerves / Sensory
- Afferent nerves
, What are the sub-systems of Motor Nerves? - ANS -• Voluntary - nerves that send
messages to the striated muscles that we consciously control
• Autonomic - nerves that send messages to the muscles and organs that we do not
consciously control
What are the sub-systems of the Autonomic nervous system? - ANS -• Sympathetic
Nerves - Control the body's "flight to fight" responses
• Parasympathetic Nerves - Produces relaxed and tranquil activities
What is the function of the Sympathetic nerves? - ANS -Control the body's "flight or
fight" responses
What is the function of the Parasympathetic nerves? - ANS -Produces relaxed and
tranquil activities
What are Sympathomimetic drugs? - ANS -Drugs that mimic the neurotransmitter
associated with sympathetic nerves (Ex. CNS Stimulants, Hallucinogens)
What are Parasympathomimetic drugs? - ANS -Drugs that mimic neurotransmitters
associated with parasympathetic nerves (Ex. CNS Depressants, Narcotic Analgesics)
What is the chain of sympathetic ganglia? - ANS -• Dialates pupils
• Inhibits flow of saliva
• Accelerates hearbeat
• Dialates bronchia
• Inhibits peristalsis and secretion
• Conversion of glycogen to glucose
• Secretion of adrenaline and noradrenaline
• Inhibits bladder contraction
What is the chain of the Parasympathetic Subsystem? - ANS -• stimulates flow of saliva
• slows heartbeat
• constricts bronchi
• stimulates peristalsis and secretion
• stimulates releases of bile
• contracts bladder
How do drugs work? - ANS -Artifcially creating natural body reactions generally
associated with the work of neurotransmitters and hormones.
What is the "Downside Effect"? - ANS -An effect that may occur when the body reacts to
the presence of a drug by producing hormones or neuro transmitters to counteract the
effects of the drug consumed.
Physiology Exam Questions with correct
Answers 2025/2026 / A+ Graded / 100%
Verified
What is "Average"? - ANS -Average is the expected value the majority of non-impaired
people exhibit.
Normal within the DEC Program - ANS -"Normal" describes both a range of values or
results "close to" average or "expected", but can be above or below the "average" value
for the majority of healthy non-impaired people as well as to describe unremarkable
muscle tone, etc.
What is an opinion? - ANS -Judgement base on specific knowledge and experience.
What is a Diagnosis? - ANS -Legal and medical conclusion reached by someone with
medical experience and expertise.
What does MURDERSINC stand for? - ANS -Muscular
Urinary
Respiratory
Digestive
Endocrine
Reproductive
Skeletal
Integumentary
Nervous
Circulatory
What is Homeostasis? - ANS -Dynamic balance, or steady state, involving levels of salts,
water, sugars and other material in the body's fluids.
What are the key systems for DREs? - ANS -Nervous and Circulatory
What is the acronym MESA used to remember? - ANS -Motor - Efferrent nerves / Sensory
- Afferent nerves
, What are the sub-systems of Motor Nerves? - ANS -• Voluntary - nerves that send
messages to the striated muscles that we consciously control
• Autonomic - nerves that send messages to the muscles and organs that we do not
consciously control
What are the sub-systems of the Autonomic nervous system? - ANS -• Sympathetic
Nerves - Control the body's "flight to fight" responses
• Parasympathetic Nerves - Produces relaxed and tranquil activities
What is the function of the Sympathetic nerves? - ANS -Control the body's "flight or
fight" responses
What is the function of the Parasympathetic nerves? - ANS -Produces relaxed and
tranquil activities
What are Sympathomimetic drugs? - ANS -Drugs that mimic the neurotransmitter
associated with sympathetic nerves (Ex. CNS Stimulants, Hallucinogens)
What are Parasympathomimetic drugs? - ANS -Drugs that mimic neurotransmitters
associated with parasympathetic nerves (Ex. CNS Depressants, Narcotic Analgesics)
What is the chain of sympathetic ganglia? - ANS -• Dialates pupils
• Inhibits flow of saliva
• Accelerates hearbeat
• Dialates bronchia
• Inhibits peristalsis and secretion
• Conversion of glycogen to glucose
• Secretion of adrenaline and noradrenaline
• Inhibits bladder contraction
What is the chain of the Parasympathetic Subsystem? - ANS -• stimulates flow of saliva
• slows heartbeat
• constricts bronchi
• stimulates peristalsis and secretion
• stimulates releases of bile
• contracts bladder
How do drugs work? - ANS -Artifcially creating natural body reactions generally
associated with the work of neurotransmitters and hormones.
What is the "Downside Effect"? - ANS -An effect that may occur when the body reacts to
the presence of a drug by producing hormones or neuro transmitters to counteract the
effects of the drug consumed.
