Quiz: The Autonomic Nervous System

1. Which of the following nervous systems can be further subdivided to form the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems?
a. central
b. somatic
c. autonomic
2. Which of the following nerves causes the adrenal medulla to release epinephrine and norepinephrine?
a. somatic
b. sympathetic
c. parasympathetic
3. Which of the following nerves generally “speed up” body activities?
a. somatic
b. sympathetic
c. parasympathetic
4. Which of the following consists of nerves that primarily branch from the brain area and the sacral area only?
a. somatic
b. sympathetic
c. parasympathetic
5. Which of the following consists of nerves that branch off the spinal cord and then innervate a “trunk” (which parallels the spinal cord) and then branch off the trunk?
a. somatic
b. sympathetic
c. parasympathetic
6. The vagus cranial nerve is a __________ nerve.
a. somatic
b. sympathetic
c. parasympathetic

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