Autonomic Nervous System

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This photo shows a nurse taking a woman’s blood pressure with a blood pressure cuff. The nurse is pumping the cuff with her right hand and holding a stethoscope on the patient’s arm with her left hand.
A proficiency in anatomy and physiology is fundamental to any career in the health professions. (credit: Bryan Mason/flickr)

Chapter objectives

After studying this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Distinguish between anatomy and physiology, and identify several branches of each
  • Describe the structure of the body, from simplest to most complex, in terms of the six levels of organization
  • Identify the functional characteristics of human life
  • Identify the four requirements for human survival
  • Define homeostasis and explain its importance to normal human functioning
  • Use appropriate anatomical terminology to identify key body structures, body regions, and directions in the body
  • Compare and contrast at least four medical imagining techniques in terms of their function and use in medicine

Though you may approach a course in anatomy and physiology strictly as a requirement for your field of study, the knowledge you gain in this course will serve you well in many aspects of your life. An understanding of anatomy and physiology is not only fundamental to any career in the health professions, but it can also benefit your own health. Familiarity with the human body can help you make healthful choices and prompt you to take appropriate action when signs of illness arise. Your knowledge in this field will help you understand news about nutrition, medications, medical devices, and procedures and help you understand genetic or infectious diseases. At some point, everyone will have a problem with some aspect of his or her body and your knowledge can help you to be a better parent, spouse, partner, friend, colleague, or caregiver.

This chapter begins with an overview of anatomy and physiology and a preview of the body regions and functions. It then covers the characteristics of life and how the body works to maintain stable conditions. It introduces a set of standard terms for body structures and for planes and positions in the body that will serve as a foundation for more comprehensive information covered later in the text. It ends with examples of medical imaging used to see inside the living body.

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Autonomic Nervous System
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32 Pages
2016
English US
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Sample Questions from the Autonomic Nervous System Quiz

Question: The number of cervical sympathetic ganglia are...?

Choices:

5

4

3

10-11

Question: the part of nervous system which concern with involuntary activities of body like respiration, circulation, sweating etc...

Choices:

sympathetic NS

parasympathetic NS

autonomic NS

Question: The sympathetic NS...?

Choices:

increase peristalsis of GIT

relax sphincters

increase heart rate

Question: The paravertebral sympathetic ganglia are composed of two chains of ganglia lying on the sides of vertebral column. Each chain has...?

Choices:

22 ganglia

23 ganglia

24 ganglia

Question: The preganglionic sympathetic fibers arises from...?

Choices:

lateral Grey column of spinal cord

anterior Grey column of spinal cord

posterior Grey column of spinal cord

Question: The preganglionic fibers of sympathetic NS accompany...?

Choices:

posterior roots and enter the spinal nerve

cranial nerves branches

anterior roots and enter the spinal nerve

Question: The parasympathetic NS concern with...?

Choices:

conservation and restoring of energy

mobilization of energy resources

Question: The autonomic NS is divided into......... more or less complementary parts which contains both afferent and efferent nerve fibers.

Choices:

two

four

six

Question: It concern with preparation of body for an acute emergency..?

Choices:

parasympathetic NS

Sympathetic NS

Both

Question: The preganglionic fibers of sympathetic NS arises from...?

Choices:

cranio_scaral outflow

thoraco_lumber outflow

from cranial nerves

Question: The activity of sympathetic NS is...?

Choices:

discrete and isolated

diffuse and wide-spread

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