DAANCE Module 1-Basic Sciences Exam
2026 Questions and Answers
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
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, parasympathetic nervous system
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
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2026 Questions and Answers
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
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, parasympathetic nervous system
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
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