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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'?
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Where do nerve impulses from autonomic sensory neurons propagate into?
Where do nerve impulses from autonomic sensory neurons propagate into?
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