Exam 2 Physiology- UCF Ahangari
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Autonomic Nervous System - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔composed of parasympathetic
nervous system and sympathetic nervous system
purpose of the autonomic nervous system - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔exerts control
over the functions of many organs and tissues in the body
What does the ANS innervate? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔smooth muscle, cardiac
muscle, glands
What pathways does ANS have? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔afferent and efferent
,Location of efferent fibers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔have their cell bodies in the
spinal cord
Where doe efferent fibers reach? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the sympathetic ganglia
on both sides of the vertebral column
Where do the parasympathetic efferents reach? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔on the
ganglia at or near the organs
function of sympathetic nervous system - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"Fight or Flight"
Reactions for emergencies, Expenditure of Energy
function of parasympathetic nervous system - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Control the
body's response while at rest.
Pheochromocytoma - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a benign tumor of the adrenal medulla
that causes the gland to produce excess epinephrine
Organization of the autonomic nervous system - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1.
Synapses between neurons are made in the autonomic ganglia.
2. pre-ganglionic neurons have their cell bodies in the central nervous
system, and synapse in autonomic ganglia.
, 3. post ganglionic neurons of both divisions, have their cell bodies in
autonomic, ganglia and synapse on effector organs.
4. adrenal medulla is a specialized ganglion of the sympathetic nervous
system pre-ganglionic fibers, synapse directly on chromaffin cells in the
adrenal medulla.
What does chromaffin secrete? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔80% epinephrine and 20%
norepinephrine
Another name for the sympathetic nervous system - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔thoracolumbar
sympathetic origin - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔T1-L2 lateral horn
parasympathetic origin - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cranial nerve three, cranial, nerve,
seven, cranial nerve, nine, cranial, nerve 10, and S1 to S3
Sympathetic system receptors - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Adrenergic receptors :
Alpha receptors: α-1 and α-2
Beta receptors: β-1 and β-2
Dopamine receptors: D1 and D2
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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Autonomic Nervous System - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔composed of parasympathetic
nervous system and sympathetic nervous system
purpose of the autonomic nervous system - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔exerts control
over the functions of many organs and tissues in the body
What does the ANS innervate? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔smooth muscle, cardiac
muscle, glands
What pathways does ANS have? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔afferent and efferent
,Location of efferent fibers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔have their cell bodies in the
spinal cord
Where doe efferent fibers reach? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the sympathetic ganglia
on both sides of the vertebral column
Where do the parasympathetic efferents reach? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔on the
ganglia at or near the organs
function of sympathetic nervous system - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"Fight or Flight"
Reactions for emergencies, Expenditure of Energy
function of parasympathetic nervous system - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Control the
body's response while at rest.
Pheochromocytoma - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a benign tumor of the adrenal medulla
that causes the gland to produce excess epinephrine
Organization of the autonomic nervous system - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1.
Synapses between neurons are made in the autonomic ganglia.
2. pre-ganglionic neurons have their cell bodies in the central nervous
system, and synapse in autonomic ganglia.
, 3. post ganglionic neurons of both divisions, have their cell bodies in
autonomic, ganglia and synapse on effector organs.
4. adrenal medulla is a specialized ganglion of the sympathetic nervous
system pre-ganglionic fibers, synapse directly on chromaffin cells in the
adrenal medulla.
What does chromaffin secrete? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔80% epinephrine and 20%
norepinephrine
Another name for the sympathetic nervous system - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔thoracolumbar
sympathetic origin - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔T1-L2 lateral horn
parasympathetic origin - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cranial nerve three, cranial, nerve,
seven, cranial nerve, nine, cranial, nerve 10, and S1 to S3
Sympathetic system receptors - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Adrenergic receptors :
Alpha receptors: α-1 and α-2
Beta receptors: β-1 and β-2
Dopamine receptors: D1 and D2
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