Rio Salado Bio 201 Exam 2 With
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2024/2025
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
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