ACCURATE ANSWERS
neurons do what Accurate Answer - conduct nerve impulses
what is the synapse Accurate Answer - junction between two neurons
what makes up the central nervous system Accurate Answer - brain
and spinal cord
what three parts make up the brain Accurate Answer - cerebrum,
cerebellum, medulla oblongata
what makes up the peripheral nervous system Accurate Answer -
sensory nerves and motor nerves
How many cranial nerves are there Accurate Answer - 12
what nerve is the trigeminal nerve Accurate Answer - 5
what parts does the trigeminal nerve control Accurate Answer -
supplies sensation to the teeth and jaw
what are the 2 components of the autonomic nervous system?
Accurate Answer - sympathetic nervous system
parasympathetic nervous system
what nervous system "speeds things up" Accurate Answer -
sympathetic
what nervous system "slows things down" Accurate Answer -
parasympathetic
what nervous system has terminations in all level of the heart Accurate
Answer - sympathetic nervous system
, stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system causes what? Accurate
Answer - vasoconstriction in general and increases the heart rate
what nervous system is important in maintaining blood pressure
Accurate Answer - sympathetic
vasomotor is controlled by the Accurate Answer - sympathetic nervous
system
the vasomotor does what Accurate Answer - controls the diameter of
the blood vessels
baroreceptors regulate what function Accurate Answer - blood
pressure with positional changes
the sympathetic or adrenergic effects of the autonomic nervous system
involve what Accurate Answer - two effects A and B- these effect
several tissues and organs
Alpha effect is what (only one alpha) Accurate Answer -
vasoconstriction
Beta effect is what( two beta categories) Accurate Answer - seen in
bigger organs, heart and lungs
Beta 1 activity is where Accurate Answer - heart related functions-
such as increased heart rate and strength of contraction
Beta 2 activity is where Accurate Answer - pulmonary function of
bronchiolar dilation (lungs)
Parasympathetic stimulation causes what Accurate Answer - increased
activity of digestive tract and stimulates production of saliva and pharyngeal
secretions. (atropine or Robinul can counteract stimulations)
Automaticity Accurate Answer - heart pumps on its own
Heart has four chamber- what are they Accurate Answer - left atrium,
right atrium, left ventricle, right ventricle