Chapter 5: The Peripheral Nervous System (Grivas)
Unit 3 exam prep.
- 1.A mosquito lands on your arm. You move your hand to swat it. Your sensation and your response are the result of ______ activity.
- A.
Adrenal gland
- B.
Autonomic nervous system
- C.
Somatic nervous system
- D.
Parasympathetic nervous system
- 2.Maria saw a child run across the road and get hit by a car. When she reached the child, who was unconscious on the road, Maria was in a state of panic. She was sweating and her heart was racing Maria’s physiological state when she reached the child resulted from the activation of the ______ nervous system.
- A.
Parasympathetic
- B.
Sympathetic
- C.
Somatic
- D.
Central
- 3.The division of the nervous system that automatically restores bodily systems to their normal level of functioning after heightened activity is called the ______ nervous system.
- A.
Somatic
- B.
Central
- C.
Sympathetic
- D.
Parasympathetic
- 4.As the result of a car accident, Jana was diagnosed with paraplegia. Her inability to use her legs to walk is the result of the inability of her ______ nervous system to communicate with her ______ nervous system.
- A.
Central; autonomic
- B.
Somatic; central
- C.
Somatic; sympathetic
- D.
Autonomic; sympathetic
- 5.A key role of the peripheral nervous system is to
- A.
Integrate and coordinate all neural information arriving from outside the body so that messages can be sent to different parts of the body.
- B.
Carry information to and from the CNS.
- C.
Carry information to sensory organs, muscles and glands, but not the CNS.
- D.
Carry information from muscles, organs and glands to the CNS.
- 6.Which division of the nervous system transmits messages to initiate muscle activity?
- A.
Sympathetic
- B.
Parasympathetic
- C.
Autonomic
- D.
Somatic
- 7.Something gives you a sudden and unexpected fright. Which division of the nervous system will be activated when this happens?
- A.
Sympathetic
- B.
Parasympathetic
- C.
Somatic
- D.
Central
- 8.Which of the following statements about the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems is correct?
- A.
The sympathetic nervous system stimulates secretion of adrenaline, whereas the sympathetic nervous system inhibits secretion of adrenaline.
- B.
The parasympathetic nervous system increases contractions of the bladder, whereas the parasympathetic nervous system relaxes the bladder.
- C.
The parasympathetic nervous system increases heart rate, whereas the sympathetic nervous system restores the heart rate to its normal level of functioning.
- D.
The parasympathetic nervous system dilates the pupils, whereas the sympathetic nervous system contracts the pupils.
- 9.The autonomic nervous system
- A.
Regulates movements of skeletal muscles
- B.
Initiates movements of skeletal muscles
- C.
Regulates the activities of visceral muscles, organs and glands
- D.
Regulates biofeedback and biofeedback responses
- 10.Sensory neurons carry information to the ______, and motor neurons carry information from the ______.
- A.
Somatic nervous system; peripheral nervous system
- B.
Central nervous system; somatic nervous system
- C.
Central nervous system; central nervous system
- D.
Peripheral nervous system; peripheral nervous system
Questions: 15 | Attempts: 68129 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2022
-
Sample QuestionThis is the job of the nervous system:
Questions: 13 | Attempts: 13112 | Last updated: Jul 2, 2022
-
Sample QuestionThe threshold level of a neuron to the minimum stimulus required to
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 12215 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2022
-
Sample QuestionA female client has clear fluid leaking from the nose following a basilar skull fracture. The nurse assesses that this is cerebrospinal fluid if the fluid:
Back to top