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Parasympathetic activity is responsible for increased smooth muscle motility and secretory activity in digestive tract organs.

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B) False

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The parasympathetic postganglionic axons of the sacral spinal nerves innervate the A: Large intestine B: Reproductive organs C: Salivary glands D: Pupillary constrictor muscles E: Urinary bladder F: Ureters

A) a,d,e
B) b,c,e
C) a,b,e,f
D) c,d,f
E) a,c

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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The autonomic nervous system may receive input from visceral sensory neurons.

Autonomic _________ are collections of sympathetic postganglionic axons and parasympathetic preganglionic axons,as well as some visceral sensory axons.

The sympathetic division outflow that results in innervation of the pelvic organs has its spinal cord segment origin at

The ANS uses pathways that include two-neuron chains to innervate its effector organs.

The adrenal medulla releases norepinephrine and epinephrine into the bloodstream.

Once inside the sympathetic trunk,the sympathetic preganglionic axons may/will

The parasympathetic division of the ANS is also called the craniosacral division.

Many visceral effectors have _______ innervation,meaning that they are innervated by postganglionic axons from both ANS divisions.

Splanchnic nerves are composed of

_______ nerves are composed of preganglionic sympathetic axons that did not synapse in a sympathetic ganglion.

The somatic nervous system is capable of both the excitation and inhibition of effectors.

Neuronal __________ occurs when axons from numerous preganglionic cells synapse on a single ganglionic cell.

The ________ ganglia differ from the sympathetic trunk ganglia segments in that they are single structures,rather than paired.

Parasympathetic stimulation of the ciliary muscles allows one to see close-up objects.

The _______ mesenteric ganglion receives preganglionic sympathetic neurons from the T10-T12 segments of the spinal cord.

The sympathetic trunk begins to form during week

Micturition is partly the result of autonomic stimulation of the urinary bladder.

There are ________ prevertebral ganglia.