Exam 15: Autonomic Nervous System

Sympathetic ganglia are attached to spinal nerves by white rami at all levels of the spinal cord.

What are the two motor components of the peripheral nervous system?

What is an alternative term for ganglia of the sympathetic trunk? (Select all that apply.)

Involuntary movement of which type of visceral structures is controlled by the autonomic nervous system?

The autonomic nervous system controls actions such as heart rate, digestion, and perspiration.

Postganglionic fibers exit lateral ganglia via ____________________ to innervate visceral organs of the thorax.

Cells of the adrenal medulla have the same function as

What muscle separates the viscera of the thorax and abdomen?

The neurotransmitter released from presynaptic nerve fibers in both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems is ____________________.

Preganglionic sympathetic fibers en route to the abdominal viscera exit the lateral ganglia via ____________________ nerves that traverse the diaphragm to synapse on neurons in collateral ganglia.

The neurotransmitter released from the adrenal medulla during the "flight-or-fight" response is ____________________.

The autonomic nervous system requires only one neuron to carry information to the target tissue.

Match the term with its correct description. There is only one correct answer. -Lateral ganglia