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DAANCE Module 1-Basic Sciences Exam
Study Guide.
Neurons do what - answer✔conduct nerve impulses
what is the synapse - answer✔junction between two neurons
what makes up the central nervous system - answer✔brain and spinal cord
what three parts make up the brain - answer✔cerebrum, cerebellum, medulla oblongata
what makes up the peripheral nervous system - answer✔sensory nerves and motor nerves
How many cranial nerves are there - answer✔12
what nerve is the trigeminal nerve - answer✔5
what parts does the trigeminal nerve control - answer✔supplies sensation to the teeth and jaw
what are the 2 components of the autonomic nervous system? - answer✔sympathetic nervous
system
parasympathetic nervous system
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what nervous system "speeds things up" - answer✔sympathetic
what nervous system "slows things down" - answer✔parasympathetic
what nervous system has terminations in all level of the heart - answer✔sympathetic nervous
system
stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system causes what? - answer✔vasoconstriction in
general and increases the heart rate
what nervous system is important in maintaining blood pressure - answer✔sympathetic
vasomotor is controlled by the - answer✔sympathetic nervous system
the vasomotor does what - answer✔controls the diameter of the blood vessels
baroreceptors regulate what function - answer✔blood pressure with positional changes
the sympathetic or adrenergic effects of the autonomic nervous system involve what -
answer✔two effects A and B- these effect several tissues and organs
Alpha effect is what (only one alpha) - answer✔vasoconstriction
Beta effect is what( two beta categories) - answer✔seen in bigger organs, heart and lungs
Beta 1 activity is where - answer✔heart related functions- such as increased heart rate and
strength of contraction
Beta 2 activity is where - answer✔pulmonary function of bronchiolar dilation (lungs)
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DAANCE Module 1-Basic Sciences Exam
Study Guide.
Neurons do what - answer✔conduct nerve impulses
what is the synapse - answer✔junction between two neurons
what makes up the central nervous system - answer✔brain and spinal cord
what three parts make up the brain - answer✔cerebrum, cerebellum, medulla oblongata
what makes up the peripheral nervous system - answer✔sensory nerves and motor nerves
How many cranial nerves are there - answer✔12
what nerve is the trigeminal nerve - answer✔5
what parts does the trigeminal nerve control - answer✔supplies sensation to the teeth and jaw
what are the 2 components of the autonomic nervous system? - answer✔sympathetic nervous
system
parasympathetic nervous system
1|Page
, ©THESTAR EXAM SOLUTIONS 2024/2025
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
what nervous system "speeds things up" - answer✔sympathetic
what nervous system "slows things down" - answer✔parasympathetic
what nervous system has terminations in all level of the heart - answer✔sympathetic nervous
system
stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system causes what? - answer✔vasoconstriction in
general and increases the heart rate
what nervous system is important in maintaining blood pressure - answer✔sympathetic
vasomotor is controlled by the - answer✔sympathetic nervous system
the vasomotor does what - answer✔controls the diameter of the blood vessels
baroreceptors regulate what function - answer✔blood pressure with positional changes
the sympathetic or adrenergic effects of the autonomic nervous system involve what -
answer✔two effects A and B- these effect several tissues and organs
Alpha effect is what (only one alpha) - answer✔vasoconstriction
Beta effect is what( two beta categories) - answer✔seen in bigger organs, heart and lungs
Beta 1 activity is where - answer✔heart related functions- such as increased heart rate and
strength of contraction
Beta 2 activity is where - answer✔pulmonary function of bronchiolar dilation (lungs)
2|Page
