Autonomic system bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   The fight or flight division of the ANS.

   Item

   Sympathetic

2. Clue

   The rest and digest division of the ANS.

   Item

   Parasymp.

3. Clue

   Name reflecting where sympathetic fibres emerge.

   Item

   Thoracolumbar

4. Clue

   Sympathetic ganglia beside the vertebral column.

   Item

   Chain ganglia

5. Clue

   Short myelinated fibre out of the CNS.

   Item

   Preganglionic

6. Clue

   Long fibre from ganglion to the organ.

   Item

   Postganglionic

7. Clue

   Synapse that releases acetylcholine.

   Item

   Cholinergic

8. Clue

   Synapse that releases norepinephrine.

   Item

   Adrenergic

9. Clue

   Adrenal medulla cells fed by preganglionics.

   Item

   Chromaffin

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation