AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM QUIZZES
1. Which division of the autonomic nervous system is energy conservation restorative? a) Autonomic b) Sympathetic c) Parasympathetic d) Somatic e) Somatomatic 2. What are the two divisions of the Autonomic Nervous System? a) Autonomic b) Somatic c) Parasympathetic d) Somatomatic e) Sympathetic 3. What is another name for the 2nd motor nerve cell? a) Postganglionic Nerve Cell b) Preganglionic Nerve Cell 4. 90% of the Parasympathetic NS utilizes which cranial nerve? a) # 7 b) # 10 c) # 9 d) # 3 5. What nerves are NOT a part of the Parasympathetic nervous system? a) Sacral S2 & S4 b) Cranial # 9 & # 10 c) Cranial # 3 & # 7 d) Thoracic 6. The effect of the sympathetic NS is more widespread and long lasting than the parasympathetic NS. a) True b) False 7. What are the two physiological subdivisions of the nervous system? a) Autonomic b) Somatomatic c) Somatic d) Sympathetic e) Parasympathetic 8. What is NOT an effect of the Sympathetic Nervous System? a) speed up blood to brain b) speed up blood to digestive system c) speed up heart rate d) slow down reproductive system e) speed up breathing 9. What effect does the sympathetic nervous system have on glycogenolysis in the liver? a) Has NO effect on the process b) Decreases the process c) Maintains the process at a constant level d) Increases the process 10. What nerves are NOT a part of the Sympathetic nervous system? a) Cranial # 9 & # 10 b) T1 & T2 c) Sacral S2 & S3 d) Thoracic e) Lumber 11. Which region of the spinal cord has no autonomic nerve cell bodies at all? a) Sacral b) Thoracic c) Cervical d) Lumbar 12. Do both divisions of the nervous system (autonomic & somatic) use the same input (afferent) sensory pathways? a) Yes b) Most of the time c) Some of the time d) No 13. What is another name for the Sympathetic NS? a) Sacroiliac b) Thoracolumbar c) Craniosciatic d) Thoracervical e) Craniosacral
14. What does biofeedback confirm about the autonomic nervous system? a) It is completely independent on higher centers b) It is somewhat dependent on higher centers c) It is completely dependent on higher centers d) It is somewhat independent on higher centers 15. Do both divisions of the nervous system use 1 sensory nerve cell? a) Yes b) Only the sympathetic system c) No d) Only the autonomic system 16. The Parasympathetic Nervous System turns on in life threatening situations. a) False b) True 17. What is another name for the Parasympathetic NS? a) Craniosacral b) Thoracolumbar c) Sacroiliac d) Thoracervical e) Craniosciatic 18. The cerebral cortex controls the autonomic nervous sytem when a person is...? a) in deep sleep b) exercising c) stressed d) relaxed 19. What is another name for the 1st motor nerve cell? a) Preganglionic Nerve Cell b) Postganglionic Nerve Cell 20. What is NOT an effect of the Parasympathetic Nervous System? a) slow down blood to skeletal muscles b) slow down urinary system c) slow down heart rate d) slow down breathing e) speed up reproductive system
21. Which division of the nervous system has 2 motor nerve cells? a) Sympathic b) Autonomic c) Parasympathic d) Somatic 22. Most but not all viscera have dual innervations with the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems. a) False b) True 23. What gland will release hormones at the activation of the sympathetic nervous system? a) Hypothalamus b) Pituitary c) Adrenal Medulla d) Thalamus e) Pineal
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1. Preganglionic fibers make what neurotransmitter? a) Myelin b) Acetylcholine c) Norepinephrine d) Dopamine 2. Where is the sympathetic chain ganglia? a) Near the organ stimulated b) On either side of the spinal cord c) In the thalamus d) In the anterior grey horn of the spinal cord 3. Cholinergic nerves are stimulated by what neurons? a) Upper motor neurons b) Lower motor neurons c) Postganglionic neurons d) 2nd motor neurons e) Preganglionic neurons 4. Adrenergic nerve cells make what neurotransmitter? a) Myelin b) Dopamine c) Norepinephrine d) Acetylcholine 5. Where does communication between the 1st & 2nd motor nerve cells occur? a) in the anterior grey horn of the spinal cord b) in the thalamus c) in ganglia d) only in the sympathetic chain ganglia 6. What is an example(s) of a Somatic effector? a) Intestinal Tract b) Pineal Gland c) Deltoid Muscle d) Tongue e) Heart 7. In the parasympathetic NS which fiber is short? a) Postganglionic b) 1st Motor Nerve c) Preganglionic 8. Beta-blockers block the effects of what? a) Acetylcholine on the heart to slow it down b) Norepinephrine on the heart to speed it up c) Norepinephrine on the heart to slow it down d) Acetylcholine on the heart to speed it up
9. Cholinergic nerve cells make what neurotransmitter? a) Dopamine b) Adrenaline c) Epinephrine d) Acetylcholine e) Norepinephrine 10. What nerve cell has its body in the autonomic ganglion somewhere near the organ it is effecting? a) 1st Motor nerve cell b) Cholinergic nerve cells c) Preganglionic nerve cell d) Adrenergic nerve cells 11. What is an example(s) of a visceral effector? a) Heart b) Tongue c) Intestinal Tract d) Deltoid Muscle e) Pineal Gland 12. Where are the ganglia of the sympathetic systems? a) Along the spinal cord b) Dorsal Root of the Spinal Cord c) By the organ stimulated d) Grey Matter of Spinal Cord 13. What do cholinergic neurons stimulate? a) 1st motor neurons b) Preganglionic neurons c) Postganglionic neurons d) Lower motor neurons e) Upper motor neurons 14. Where do the preganglionic and postganglionic nerve cells synapse? a) in the anterior grey horn of the spinal cord b) in the thalamus c) in ganglia d) only in the sympathetic chain ganglia 15. Where are the ganglia of the parasympathetic systems? a) White Matter of Spinal Cord b) By the organ stimulated c) Grey Matter of Spinal Cord d) Dorsal Root of the Spinal Cord e) Along the spinal cord
16. Adrenergic nerve cells are stimulated by what motor nerve cell? a) Postganglionic Nerve Cell b) 2nd Motor Nerve Cell c) Cholinergic Nerve Cell 17. Cholinergic nerves have nerve cell bodies where? a) Autonomic Ganglion somewhere near the organ it is effecting b) Dorsal Root Ganglion c) White Matter of Spinal Cord d) Grey Matter of Spinal Cord 18. What is NOT an example of a somatic efferent response? a) Adduction b) Increased Heart rate c) Extension d) Abduction e) Flexion 19. What effectors do adrenergic nerve cells stimulate? a) Cardiac Muscles b) Smooth Muscle c) Visceral Effectors d) Blood Vessels e) Skeletal Muscles
22. In the parasympathetic NS which fiber is long? a) 2nd Motor Nerve b) Preganglionic c) Postganglionic 23. What are two types of receptors for norepinephrine and epinephrine? a) Theta b) Alpha c) Beta d) Delta
20. Name an enzyme that inactivates acetylcholine? a) Acetylesterase b) Cholinesterase c) Adrenalin d) Acetylcholinesterase 21. Sympathetic Postganglionic fibers make what neurotransmitter? a) Norepinephrine b) Myelin c) Dopamine d) Acetylcholine
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EYES 1. What happens to the ciliary muscle when focusing on close objects? a) Contraction b) Flattening of the lens c) Reflection d) Relaxation 2. Convergence of the eyes occurs to allow what? a) depth of vision b) Bending of the lens c) Near vision d) Far vision 3. What does the aqueous humor do? a) gives nutrients to the lens b) keeps the retina in place c) gives form to the cornea d) gives nutrients to the retina e) gives nutrients to the cornea 4. What photoreceptors are located over the optic disc? a) Cones b) Rods c) None 5. Where are rods located? a) optic disc b) sides of retina c) central fovea d) macula lutea e) back of retina 6. The spaces anterior to the lens are filled with what? a) Air b) Vitreous Humor c) Phospholipids d) Aqueous Humor 7. Where is the area of highest visual acuity? a) Macula Lutea b) Central Fovea c) Back of Retina d) Optic Disc 8. The iris is part of which layer of the eye? a) top layer b) bottom layer c) third layer d) middle layer e) fourth layer 9. What do cones respond to? a) Bright Light b) Color vision c) Dim low Light d) Black and White vision 10. Light must focus where for the best acuity (resolution)? a) Optic Disc b) Central Fovea c) Central Fovea d) Back of Retina 11. What is the clouding of the lens? a) Glaucoma b) Macula Deteriation c) Seperated Retina d) Cataracts 12. Which of the photoreceptors are more numerous? a) Rods b) Cones c) None 13. What is the pupil? a) opening in the iris b) site of cones of retina c) site of rods of retina d) blind spot e) site of greatest visual acuity 14. How do carrots help eyesight? a) Supplying vitamin K b) Supplying vitamin A c) Supplying vitamin D d) Supplying vitamin B
15. What does pressure on the retina & nerve caused by too much aqueous humor cause? a) Seperated Retina b) Cataracts c) Glaucoma d) Macula Deteriation 16. What does the relaxation of the ciliary muscle cause? a) A flattening of the lens for far vision b) A bulging of the lens for near vision c) A flattening of the lens for near vision d) A bulging of the lens for far vision 17. What does the conjunctiva cover? a) The iris b) The sclera c) The cornea d) The aqueous humor 18. What does a scratch on the cornea interfere with? a) Vitreous Humor replacement b) Refraction of light c) Reflection of light d) Aqueous Humor replacement e) Bending of light 19. Nutrients to the retina come mostly from what layer of the eye? a) Aqueous Humor b) Sclera c) Vitreous Humor d) Choroid e) Conjunctiva 20. What does the ciliary muscle do? a) closes the pupil only b) flexes the iris c) opens the pupil only d) bends the lens 21. What is the mucous membrane that lines the eyelids? a) choroid caot b) visceral membrane c) lacrimal membrane d) conjunctiva
22. What is the white of the eye also called? a) pink eye b) cornea c) sclera d) conjunctiva e) iris 23. Blood shot eyes are dilation of blood vessels in what? a) The conjunctiva b) The iris c) The sclera d) The cornea 24. How does the cornea get nutrients? a) From the Aqueous Humor b) From the Choroid c) From the Vitreous Humor d) From the Sclera e) From the Conjunctiva 25. Where are cones located? a) central fovea b) optic disc c) back of retina d) sides of retina e) macula lutea 26. Is aqueous humor produced continuously? a) Yes b) No 27. Which photoreceptor is located in the macula lutea? a) none b) only rods c) only cones d) both rods and cones 28. What is the retina held in place by? a) Choroid Coat b) Rods and Cones c) Aqueous Humor d) Vitreous Humor e) Ciliary Body
29. The spaces posterior to the lens are filled with what? a) Aqueous Humor b) Vitreous Humor c) Air d) Phospholipids 30. What is the avascular, transparent coat in front of the iris? a) Pupil b) Iris c) Lens d) Sclera e) Cornea 31. Where does the aqueous humor drain? a) Into the Canal of Schlemm b) Into the Lacrimal Canal c) It doesn't drain d) Into the Ciliary Body 32. What do rods respond to? a) Bright Light b) Black and White vision c) Color vision d) Dim low Light 33. Where in the eye are photoreceptors located? a) Choroid Coat b) Retina c) Optic Disc d) Rods e) Cones
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EARS TASTE AND SMELL 1. What moves to cause the oval window to move the fluid in the inner ear in the cochlea - which gives sense of sound? a) Stapes b) Malleous c) Vestibule d) Incus e) Organ of Cochlea 2. What do the auditory tubes join? a) Middle Ear to back of Nose b) Eardrum to Cochlea c) Pinna to Eardrum d) Eardrum to Vestibularcochlear Nerve 3. The middle Ear is filled with what? a) Air b) Wax c) Fluid d) Elbow 4. What are the scala tympani and scala vestibuli a part of? a) cochlea b) middle ear c) inner ear d) vestibule e) organ of corti 5. Olfactory sensations go to the brain by which cranial nerve? a) #2 b) #1 c) #3 d) #10 e) #8 6. Where is the organ of corti found? a) Cochlea b) Semicircular Canals c) Vestibule d) Ossicles 7. How do throat infections travel to the middle ear? a) Vestibularcochlear Nerve b) Through External Auditory Canal c) Through the Eustachian Tubes d) Gravity
8. What do the circumvallate papillae contain receptors for? a) Taste b) Equilibrium c) Hearing d) Smell 9. What are the receptors in the utricle and saccule structures made of? a) hair cells embedded in jelly like membrane b) bone c) semicircular canals d) snail like canals 10. How many semicircular canals are there? a) 5 b) 3 c) 4 d) 2 11. Where are the semicircular canals found? a) inner ear b) cochlea c) pinna d) middle ear e) vestibule 12. High frequency sounds cause what changes in the basilar membrane? a) Bend membrane close to oval window b) permanent damage c) partial hearing damage d) Bend membrane close to round window 13. What do the semicircular canals do? a) help with equilibrium b) help with low frequency sounds c) help with balance d) help with high frequency sounds 14. What does the utricle and saccule (inside vestibule) monitor? a) equilibrium b) low frequency sound c) balance d) high frequency sound e) all sound
15. What is the gelatinous material in contact with the hair cells of the cochlea (spiral organ) called? a) Scala Vestibuli b) Organ of Corti c) Tectorial Membrane d) Basilar Membrane e) Scala Tympani 16. What nerve takes the impulse from the semicircular canals? a) #7 b) #10 c) #6 d) #8 e) #9 17. Where are ossicles found? a) Middle Ear b) Auditory Tube c) Cochlea d) Inner Ear e) Vestibule
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