Human Physiology 14th Edition By Fox – Test Bank

Human Physiology 14th Edition By Fox – Test Bank

True / False Questions

1. Organs innervated by autonomic motor neurons are often under voluntary control.
   FALSE

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.01
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

2. Autonomic motor neurons leaving the spinal cord synapse once prior to synapsing with the target organ.
   TRUE

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.01
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

3. The are no sensory neurons associated with the autonomic nervous system.
   FALSE

Blooms Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: 09.01
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

4. Important visceral sensory information like blood pressure, plasma pH, and oxygen concentration are carried to the brain through cranial nerves XI and XII.
   FALSE

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.01
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

Multiple Choice Questions

5. Autonomic motor nerves do NOT innervate
   A. smooth muscle.
   B. skeletal muscle.
   C. cardiac muscle.
   D. glands.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.02
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

6. Somatic motor neurons have a direct connection between the CNS and their effector organs while ______________ motor neurons must synapse on with a peripheral neuron before reaching their effectors.
   A.skeletal
   B. sensory
   C. autonomic
   D. Both skeletal and autonomic are correct.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.02
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

7. Somatic motor reflexes involve
   A.the autonomic nervous system.
   B. contraction of smooth muscle.
   C. contraction of skeletal muscle.
   D. the autonomic ganglia.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.02
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

8. The autonomic nervous system
   A.innervates skeletal muscle.
   B. is not usually under conscious control.
   C. is always excitatory.
   D. has a single nerve extending from the spinal cord.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.02
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

9. Damage to the autonomic motor nerves would probably result in
   A.no change in muscle tone.
   B. muscle atrophy.
   C. flaccid paralysis.
   D. increased skeletal muscle contraction.

Blooms Level: 2. Understand
Learning Outcome: 09.01
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

True / False Questions

10. Autonomic motor pathways utilize two neurons while somatic motor pathways utilize one neuron.
    TRUE

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.02
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

11. Damage to an autonomic nerve makes the effector more sensitive to stimulation.
    TRUE

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.01
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

12. Many autonomic visceral effector organs can function without nervous innervation.
    TRUE

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.01
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

Multiple Choice Questions

13. Where do autonomic preganglionic neurons originate?
    A. midbrain
    B. hindbrain
    C. thoracic and sacral regions of the spinal cord
    D. All apply.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.01
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

14. Where do autonomic postganglionic neurons originate?
    A. hindbrain
    B. gray matter of spinal cord
    C. peripheral ganglia
    D. All apply.

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.01
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

True / False Questions

15. Neurotransmitter release in the autonomic nervous system is always inhibitory.
    FALSE

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.01
Section: 9.01
Topic: Nervous System

16. Postganglionic sympathetic neurons arise from the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord.
    FALSE

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.03
Section: 9.02
Topic: Nervous System

17. Damage to the gray rami communicantes would inhibit the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system.
    FALSE

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.03
Section: 9.02
Topic: Nervous System

 

Multiple Choice Questions

18. ____________ fibers have relatively slower nerve conduction because they are thin and unmyelinated.
    A.Preganglionic autonomic sympathetic
    B. Postganglionic autonomic sympathetic
    C. Preganglionic somatic
    D. Postganglionic somatic

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.03
Section: 9.02
Topic: Nervous System

19. The paravertebral and collateral ganglia are associated with the _____________ division of the autonomic nervous system.
    A.sympathetic
    B. parasympathetic
    C. somatic
    D. sensory

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.03
Section: 9.02
Topic: Nervous System

20. The ___________________________ are branches made from the myelinated preganglionic sympathetic axons that go from the spinal nerves to sympathetic ganglia chain.
    A.dorsal rami
    B. ventral rami
    C. white rami communicantes
    D. gray rami communicantes

Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.03
Section: 9.02
Topic: Nervous System