Exam 7: The Peripheral Nervous System - Efferent Division
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What response is triggered when the parasympathetic system is dominant?
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The motor end-plate region undergoes a threshold potential,so an action potential is initiated at this site.
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What response is triggered when the sympathetic system is dominant?
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Most visceral organs are innervated by only parasympathetic nerve fibers.
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Give an exception to the general rule of dual reciprocal innervation by the autonomic nervous system.
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Figure 7-5
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-Which number in the figure represents motor neuron propagation?

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The sympathetic ganglion chain is also called the sympathetic ____________________.
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Long postganglionic fibers originate in the ____________________ chain and end on the ____________________ organs.
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The muscle cell's electrical response is turned off by an enzyme in the motor end-plate membrane,acetylcholinesterase (AChE),which inactivates ACh.
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____________________ ions trigger the release of acetylcholine by exocytosis from a portion of the vesicles.
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Dual innervation of organs with nerve fibers whose actions oppose each other enables precise control over an organ's activity,like having both an accelerator and a brake to control the speed of a car.
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Figure 7-5
Answer the following questions using the accompanying figure
-Which number in the figure represents an end-plate potential,where local current flows between the depolarized end plate and the adjacent membrane?

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What neurotransmitter is released from the parasympathetic postganglionic fiber?
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In the somatic nervous system,how many neurons run from the CNS to the effector organ?
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What are the two subdivisions of the autonomic nervous system (ANS)?
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What cranial nerve directly impacts heart rate by decreasing it?
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