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The autonomic nervous system has how many divisions?Read the answer and worked solution →Which division drives fight or flight?Read the answer and worked solution →Which division is called rest and digest?Read the answer and worked solution →The autonomic system controls glands and which muscle?Read the answer and worked solution →The sympathetic system is also called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which cranial nerve is the vagus?Read the answer and worked solution →Cholinergic synapses release which transmitter?Read the answer and worked solution →Adrenergic synapses release which transmitter?Read the answer and worked solution →Sympathetic fibres emerge from which spinal regions?Read the answer and worked solution →Most sympathetic ganglia lie in a chain alongside the:Read the answer and worked solution →Preganglionic sympathetic fibres are short and:Read the answer and worked solution →Why are postganglionic sympathetic fibres long?Read the answer and worked solution →Parasympathetic preganglionic fibres travel in spinal nerves and:Read the answer and worked solution →Which organ receives input from both divisions?Read the answer and worked solution →Which cells in the adrenal medulla receive preganglionic fibres?Read the answer and worked solution →How does the adrenal medulla reach its targets?Read the answer and worked solution →Adrenaline is also known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which nerves carry branches to the adrenal medulla?Read the answer and worked solution →Cranial nerve III parasympathetic fibres end in which ganglion?Read the answer and worked solution →Besides norepinephrine, the adrenergic system uses:Read the answer and worked solution →Sympathetic or parasympatheticRead the answer and worked solution →Match the autonomic termRead the answer and worked solution →Short or long fibreRead the answer and worked solution →True or false about the ANSRead the answer and worked solution →Count the autonomic factsRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the autonomic structuresRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the autonomic factsRead the answer and worked solution →Autonomic system bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The autonomic nervous system has how many divisions?

  1. Two
  2. Nine
  3. Six
  4. Ten
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Correct answer: A. Two

1. They act in balance with each other. 2. One is sympathetic, the other parasympathetic. 3. The two divisions of the autonomic nervous system are the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions. 4. So the answer is two. _Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 15 'The Autonomic Nervous System'_

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Which division drives fight or flight?

  1. Systemic
  2. Sympathetic
  3. Symmetric
  4. Synaptic
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Correct answer: B. Sympathetic

1. One division prepares for extreme responses. 2. The other rests and digests. 3. The sympathetic system is associated with the fight-or-flight response. 4. So the answer is sympathetic. _Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 15 'The Autonomic Nervous System'_

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Which division is called rest and digest?

  1. Parasystemic
  2. Parasynaptic
  3. Parasympathetic
  4. Paraendocrine
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Correct answer: C. Parasympathetic

1. It is the counterpart to fight or flight. 2. It dominates at rest. 3. Parasympathetic activity is referred to by the epithet of rest and digest. 4. So the answer is parasympathetic. _Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 15 'The Autonomic Nervous System'_

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