Human Anatomy (8th Edition)
Human Anatomy (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134243818
Author: Elaine N. Marieb, Patricia Brady Wilhelm, Jon B. Mallatt
Publisher: PEARSON
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The mechanism for control of the ANS.

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The nervous system includes the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS). The CNS contains the brain and the spinal cord, whereas the PNS includes the cranial and spinal nerves present throughout the body. The autonomic nervous system (ANS) comes under the PNS, and it regulates all involuntary actions of the visceral organs.

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Which of the following is the best way to describe how the ANS is controlled? (a) completely under control of voluntary cerebral cortex, (b) entirely controls itself, (c) completely under control of brain stem, (d) little control by cerebrum, major control by hypothalamus and amygdaloid body, and major control by spinal and peripheral reflexes.
Which of the following does not characterize the ANS? (a) twoneuron motor chains, (b) preganglionic cell bodies in the CNS, (c) presence of postganglionic cell bodies in ganglia, (d) innervation of skeletal muscle.
Which part of the brain is the main integration center of the ANS? Which part exerts the most direct influence over autonomic functions?

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