neurons do what - ✔✔ correct answer conduct nerve impulses
what is the synapse - ✔✔ correct answer junction between two neurons
what makes up the central nervous system - ✔✔ correct answer brain and spinal cord
what three parts make up the brain - ✔✔ correct answer cerebrum, cerebellum, medulla oblongata
what makes up the peripheral nervous system - ✔✔ correct answer sensory nerves and motor
nerves
How many cranial nerves are there - ✔✔ correct answer 12
what nerve is the trigeminal nerve - ✔✔ correct answer 5
what parts does the trigeminal nerve control - ✔✔ correct answer supplies sensation to the teeth
and jaw
what are the 2 components of the autonomic nervous system? - ✔✔ correct answer sympathetic
nervous system
parasympathetic nervous system
what nervous system "speeds things up" - ✔✔ correct answer sympathetic
what nervous system "slows things down" - ✔✔ correct answer parasympathetic
what nervous system has terminations in all level of the heart - ✔✔ correct answer sympathetic
nervous system
stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system causes what? - ✔✔ correct answer vasoconstriction
in general and increases the heart rate
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what nervous system is important in maintaining blood pressure - ✔✔ correct answer sympathetic
vasomotor is controlled by the - ✔✔ correct answer sympathetic nervous system
the vasomotor does what - ✔✔ correct answer controls the diameter of the blood vessels
baroreceptors regulate what function - ✔✔ correct answer blood pressure with positional changes
the sympathetic or adrenergic effects of the autonomic nervous system involve what - ✔✔ correct
answer two effects A and B- these effect several tissues and organs
Alpha effect is what (only one alpha) - ✔✔ correct answer vasoconstriction
Beta effect is what( two beta categories) - ✔✔ correct answer seen in bigger organs, heart and lungs
Beta 1 activity is where - ✔✔ correct answer heart related functions- such as increased heart rate
and strength of contraction
Beta 2 activity is where - ✔✔ correct answer pulmonary function of bronchiolar dilation (lungs)
Parasympathetic stimulation causes what - ✔✔ correct answer increased activity of digestive tract
and stimulates production of saliva and pharyngeal secretions. (atropine or Robinul can counteract
stimulations)
Automaticity - ✔✔ correct answer heart pumps on its own
Heart has four chamber- what are they - ✔✔ correct answer left atrium, right atrium, left ventricle,
right ventricle
Where does the left atrium receive blood from - ✔✔ correct answer from the lungs, via the
pulmonary vein- oxygen rich blood