Exam 15: The Nervous System: the Brain and Cranial Nerves

Which division of the autonomic nervous system has preganglionic fibers within the facial nerve?

All of the following have only sympathetic innervation except the

Ganglia of this structure are connected to the ventral rami of spinal nerves through the rami communicantes.

Another name for the ANS is the

The general visceral motor division of the peripheral nervous system describes the

The defecation and urination reflexes are integrated in the

Which of these characteristics definitively distinguishes the autonomic nervous system from the somatic nervous system?

Parasympathetic stimulation of the pelvic organs causes defecation, voiding of urine, and erection.

What stimulates the adrenal medulla to secrete its excitatory neurohormones?

Which of these descriptions is not a result of parasympathetic stimulation?

Sympathetic fibers leave the spinal cord in the

The site of origin of the preganglionic fibers of the parasympathetic nervous system is the

Visceral pain results from all the following except

Another name for a chain ganglion is

Cranial parasympathetic outflow is contained in all of the following cranial nerves except the

Adrenergic postganglionic neurons release the hormones norepinephrine and epinephrine.

This organ contains modified sympathetic postganglionic neurons that lack nerve processes.

Autonomic fibers emerging from the craniosacral region of the spinal cord belong to the division.

The cell bodies of postganglionic neurons that stimulate secretion of the parotid gland are in the

Division of the ANS most active during vigorous exercise describes the