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| Sympathetic division of the ANS |
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| Thoracolumbar division of the ANS |
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| Parasympathetic nerves outflowing from sacral spinal segments |
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The autonomic nervous system innervates all except
Cardiac muscle
Skeletal muscle
Smooth muscle
Salivary glands
Blood vessels |
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| The major autonomic control center within the CNS is |
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| The division of the autonomic nervous system that maintains homeostasis during resting conditions is |
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| Sympathetic ganglionic cells lying along either side of the spinal cord are called |
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| Intramural ganglia are almost always part of the |
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| Parasympathetis nervous system |
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| Very short preganglionic fibers and very long postganglionic fibers are characteristics of the |
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| Sympathetic nervous system |
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Each of the following effects is associated with the action of postganglionic fibers except:
Increased sweat secretion
Reduced circulation to the skin
Decreased heart rate
Dilation of pupils
Increased blood flow to skeletal muscles |
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| Normal control (over complete physiologic range) of the heart rate depends upon |
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| Both parasympathetic and sympathetic stimulation |
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| Increased parasympathetic stimulation |
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| Increases gastric motility |
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| Cranial nerve III (Oculomotor) supplies which function |
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| Stimulation of beta receptors on the heart muscle would result in |
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| Increased force of contraction |
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| What symptom would you NOT expect to observe in a person who has taken an excess of sympathetic drugs? |
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| A decrease in the autonomic tone of the smooth muscle in blood vessels would result in |
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| An increase in vessel diameter |
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| Relaxation of respiratory airway smooth muscle |
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| Constriction of smooth muscle of peripheral blood vessels |
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| Stimulation of tears in the eye |
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| Cranial Nerve VII (Facial) |
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| Sexual arousal, increased blood flow and secretions in the sexual organs |
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| Chemical messenger released by axon terminals, diffuses across a synaptic cleft, and acts on cell in the immediate vicinity is |
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| Insulin and glucagon produce opposite effects on blood sugar, this is an example of |
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| If cells increase the number of receptors to a particular hormone and become more sensitive to that hormone is called |
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| Usually bind to intracellular receptors |
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| Virtually all protein or amino acid based hormones exert their effects through receptors on the surface of the cell's external membrane, the hormone activated receptors activate a "G" protein which exerts its inracellular effects through |
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| The ability of a specific tissue or organ to respond to the presence of a hormone is dependent on |
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| The presence of the appropriate receptors on the cells target tissue or organ |
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| Mixed gland with both endocrine and exocrine functions which is located close to the stomach and small intestine |
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| Usually four small glands located on the posterior aspect of another endocrine gland in the neck |
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| Contains hormones in the central colloid |
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| Site of production of the catecholamines Epinephrine and Norepinephrine |
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| The most important regulatory of body wide metabolic rate |
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| Which hormone receptor is most likely to be located within the nucleus of the cell |
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Which of the following is not true for epinephrine
Fast acting nervous system directly stimulates the release of the hormone
Hormone is rapidly released from storage vesicles
Hormone has a long half life |
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| Hormone has a long has a long half life |
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| Regualte the ovarian cycle |
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| Follicle-stimulating Hormone (FSH) & Luteinizing Hormone (LH) |
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| Too much can produce "pituitary gigantism" |
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| Maintenance of salt and water balances in the EFC |
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| Released in the initial reaction to physical or emotional stress |
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| When an athlete wants to "carbohydrate load" his body with fuel by causing the ingested glucose to move into the liver and muscle cells and be stored as glycogen, which hormone is essential to this process? |
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| Which hormone increases blood calcium by: promoting absorption of calcium from small bowel, inhibits calcium loss in kidneys, and promotes osteoclastic in bones |
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| Which hormone has the longest half life |
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| Chronic increased levels of cortisol will cause |
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| Chronic decreased levels of thyroid hormone will cause |
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| Mental depression, sleepy, weight gain, body wide edema, decreased tendon reflexes and heart rate |
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| Regulating hormones from the hypothalamus |
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| First enters into the hypophyseal portal system to transport directly to the pituitary |
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| Changes in blood osmotic pressure would affect the levels of what in the blood? |
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| Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH) |
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| Thyroid hormone contains the mineral |
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| The C cells of the thyroid gland produce |
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| A hormone that promotes the conversion of lipids and proteins to glucose in the liver is |
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| The initial stage of the stress reaction are dominated by increases in which hormones |
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| The gradual loss of the ability to produse adequate insulin to control blood sugar to normal levels is today most properly called |
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| When blood glucose levels fall |
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| Gland that produces the most important hormone in esatblishing the Basal Metabolic rate of the body |
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Functions of the blood include all of the following except:
Generation of body heat
Regualtion of pH and electrolyte concentration of interstital fluids
Body defense
Transport of nutrients and wastes |
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| A hematocrit provides information on |
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| Which blood protein is most common (60%) and is most responsible for the blood's oncotic pressure |
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| Plasma proteins that are necessary for blood clotting are the |
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| The viscosity of whole blood relative to water is approximately |
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| Primary factor responsible for the viscosity of whole blood is |
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| A person's blood type is determined by the |
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| Presence or absence of specific molecules on the cell membrane |
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| A person with the blood type A would normally have which antibody present in their blood even with no prior transfussions |
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| Hemolytic disease of the newborn may result if |
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| An Rh negative mother carries an Rh positive fetus |
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