The ________ division of the autonomic nervous system is often called the "rest-and-digest" division.

• sympathetic

• parasympathetic

• somatic

• afferent

The parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems are subdivisions of the ____________ nervous system.

• autonomic

• somatic

• central

• afferent

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Which of the following may be an effector in an autonomic reflex?

• cardiac muscle

• smooth muscle

• gland

• all of these

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A network of axons formed by the joining of adjacent rami is a

• horn

• root

• plexus

• nerve

The renal plexus serves the

• heart

• lungs

• intestines

• kidneys

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The mesenteric plexuses serve the

• intestines

• heart

• kidneys

• lungs

The pulmonary plexus serves the

• heart

• lungs

• intestines

• liver

The largest plexus that serves most of the organs in the abdominopelvic cavity is the

• cardiac

• mesenteric

• celiac (or solar)

• renal

cell body in the brain or spinal cord; its axon is part of a cranial or spinal nerve

• somatic motor neuron

• preganglionic neuron

• postganglionic neuron

• afferent neuron

cell body in ganglion; entire cell is outside CNS; communicates directly with effector

• somatic motor neuron

• preganglionic neuron

• postganglionic neuron

• sensory neuron