What part of the brain is responsible for thermoregulation?
Hypothalamus
Sympathetic and parasympathetic responses are a part of what nervous system?
Peripheral nervous system
Which is NOT part of the central nervous system?
Spinal nerves
The outermost layer of meninges surround the central nervous system is known as what?
Dura mater
What type of receptors are found within the sympathetic nervous system
Adrenergic receptors
The peripheal nervous system has 2 main components. Which one is responsible for involuntary control?
Autonomic nervous system
Where are alpha receptors found within the body?
Vascular system
The process of maintaining homeostasis of temperature
Thermoregulation
What time of ‘matter’ is present with myelinated axons
White matter
What do the alpha cells of the pancreas secrete?
Glucagon
The peripheal nervous system has 2 main componets. Which one is responsible for voluntary control?
Somatic nervous system
What do baroreceptors monitor?
Pressure
There are 3 parts to a synapse, presynaptic membrane, synaptic cleft, and postsynaptic membrane. Which one receives neurotransmitters from the space between neurons?
Postsynaptic cleft
Which type of synapses are found in the heart?
Electrical synapses
Where is cerebrospinal fluid manufactured?
Ventricles of the brain
What organ or gland secretes majority of the stress hormones? (epi, norepi, and cortisol)
Adrenal gland
There are three main catecholmines found within the body. Which is NOT one of them?
Atropine
What do the beta cells of the pancreas secrete?
Insulin
Which is NOT an adrenergic receptor?
Chemoreceptors
Where are beta-2 receptors found within the body?
Lungs
What are the 3 components of the brainstem?
Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata
What type of receptors are found within the parasympathetic nervous system?
Cholinergic receptors
If alpha receptors are stimulated, what will the response of the body be?
Vasoconstriction
There are 3 parts to a synapse, presynaptic membrane, synaptic cleft, and postsynaptic membrane. Which one releases neurotransmitters into the space between the neurons?
presynaptic membrane
