BIO 210 LECTURE (ACTUAL 2025/2026) EXAM #4 QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Which cranial nerves are associated with the parasympathetic
division of the ANS?
a: III
b: IV
c: V
d: VII
e: IX
f: X
g: XII
A) a, d, e, f
B) b, c, d, e
C) a, c, d, g
D) c, d, f, g
E) b, e, f, g
A) a, d, e, f
Which system has long preganglionic axons and therefore
ganglia that are relatively far from the central nervous
system?
,A) Parasympathetic nervous system
B) Somatic nervous system
C) Sympathetic nervous system
A) Parasympathetic nervous system
We lack awareness of many of our bodies' systems for
maintaining homeostasis. The sensations, movements, and
secretions of organs such as the heart and intestines are
governed by the
A) autonomic nervous system
B) somatic nervous system
A) autonomic nervous system
Autonomic tone refers to
A) whether a response is stimulatory or inhibitory
B) whether the body's reaction is to fight or flee
C) the continual activity maintained by the sympathetic or
parasympathetic divisions
D) the degree of tension in skeletal muscles at rest
C) the continual activity maintained by the sympathetic or
parasympathetic divisions
, Autonomic tone allows for a single division of the autonomic
nervous system to control an organ by changing that division's
activity levels up or down from the baseline.
A) True
B) False
A) True
Dual innervation means that an individual effector
A) may be excited or inhibited by a single division of the
autonomic nervous system
B) receives input from both the somatic and the autonomic
nervous system
C) receives input from both the sympathetic and the
parasympathetic nervous systems
D) receives two autonomic axons on each smooth muscle cell
C) receives input from both the sympathetic and the
parasympathetic nervous systems
AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Which cranial nerves are associated with the parasympathetic
division of the ANS?
a: III
b: IV
c: V
d: VII
e: IX
f: X
g: XII
A) a, d, e, f
B) b, c, d, e
C) a, c, d, g
D) c, d, f, g
E) b, e, f, g
A) a, d, e, f
Which system has long preganglionic axons and therefore
ganglia that are relatively far from the central nervous
system?
,A) Parasympathetic nervous system
B) Somatic nervous system
C) Sympathetic nervous system
A) Parasympathetic nervous system
We lack awareness of many of our bodies' systems for
maintaining homeostasis. The sensations, movements, and
secretions of organs such as the heart and intestines are
governed by the
A) autonomic nervous system
B) somatic nervous system
A) autonomic nervous system
Autonomic tone refers to
A) whether a response is stimulatory or inhibitory
B) whether the body's reaction is to fight or flee
C) the continual activity maintained by the sympathetic or
parasympathetic divisions
D) the degree of tension in skeletal muscles at rest
C) the continual activity maintained by the sympathetic or
parasympathetic divisions
, Autonomic tone allows for a single division of the autonomic
nervous system to control an organ by changing that division's
activity levels up or down from the baseline.
A) True
B) False
A) True
Dual innervation means that an individual effector
A) may be excited or inhibited by a single division of the
autonomic nervous system
B) receives input from both the somatic and the autonomic
nervous system
C) receives input from both the sympathetic and the
parasympathetic nervous systems
D) receives two autonomic axons on each smooth muscle cell
C) receives input from both the sympathetic and the
parasympathetic nervous systems
