Autonomic Nervous System Worksheet

The autonomic division of the nervous system directs __.

• voluntary motor activity

• conscious control of skeletal muscles

• unconscious control of skeletal muscles

• unconscious regulation visceral functions

• sensory input from the skin

The division of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for activity and stress is the ___ division.

• sympathetic

• parasympathetic

• craniosacral

• intramural

• somatomotor

Effects produced by the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system include __.

• dilation of the pupils

• increased secretion by the digestive glands

• dilation of respiratory passages

• increased heart rate

• increased breakdown of glycogen by the liver

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Which of the following responses is NOT caused by activation of the sympathetic division?

• Increased heart rate

• Airway constriction

• Decreased blood flow to kidneys and gastrointestinal tract

One of the main differences between a somatic reflex and autonomic reflex is the type of effectors that are activated. The effectors in somatic reflexes are ____, while the effectors in autonomic reflexes are ____.

• skeletal muscles; smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands

• striated muscles; smooth muscle and glands

• skeletal muscles and glands; smooth muscle and cardiac muscle

• glands; skeletal muscles, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle

• skeletal muscles; smooth muscle only

Which of the following senses is NOT classified as a general sense?

• tactile sensation

• thermal sensation

• pain sensation

• proprioceptive sensation

• equilibrium sensation

The integration centers for sensations that are consciously perceived (like vision, smell, taste, and pain) are found in the ___.

• cerebellum

• basal nuclei

• pontine nuclei

• cerebral cortex

• thalamus

Which of the following is an example of a specialized "separate cell" sensory receptor?

• Corpuscle of touch (Meissner corpuscle)

• Photoreceptor cell in retina

• Lamellataed (Pacinian) corpuscle

• Hair root plexus

• Astrocyte

Sensory receptors that are located in blood vessels and visceral organs and whose signals are not usually consciously perceived are the .

• exteroreceptors

• interoreceptors
• proprioceptors

• none of these choices are

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Which type of sensory receptor responds to stimuli resulting from physical or chemical damage to tissue?

• Photoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Nociceptors

• Thermoreceptors