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Which division of the peripheral nervous system includes the autonomic nervous system?
Which division of the peripheral nervous system includes the autonomic nervous system?
- Somatic nervous system (correct)
- Enteric nervous system
- Cranial and spinal nerves
- None of the above
What is the function of the autonomic nervous system?
What is the function of the autonomic nervous system?
- Responding to subconscious visceral sensations
- Exciting or inhibiting smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands
- Operating via reflex arcs
- All of the above (correct)
What is the structural composition of the autonomic nervous system?
What is the structural composition of the autonomic nervous system?
- Autonomic sensory neurons, integrating centers in the CNS, and autonomic motor neurons (correct)
- Cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic sensory neurons, autonomic motor neurons, and the enteric division
- Autonomic sensory neurons, integrating centers in the CNS, autonomic motor neurons, and the enteric division
- Autonomic sensory neurons, autonomic motor neurons, and the enteric division
What is the derivation of the term 'autonomic nervous system'?
What is the derivation of the term 'autonomic nervous system'?
Where do nerve impulses from autonomic sensory neurons propagate into?
Where do nerve impulses from autonomic sensory neurons propagate into?
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Somatic nervous system
Somatic nervous system
Includes the autonomic nervous system.
Autonomic nervous system function
Autonomic nervous system function
Controls involuntary functions (heart rate, digestion, etc.).
Autonomic NS components
Autonomic NS components
Sensory neurons, CNS integrating centers, and motor neurons.
Autonomic etymology
Autonomic etymology
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Autonomic sensory neuron destination
Autonomic sensory neuron destination
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