68w ALC Phase 3 Trauma Written test
Questions with Correct Answers.
The nervous system two main structural divisions - Correct answer 1.)
Central Nervous System(CNS)
2.) Peripheral Nervous System(PNS)
Central Nervous System controls what? - Correct answer the brain and
spinal cord
What are the two sub-systems for Peripheral Nervous System? - Correct
answer 1.) Somatic Nervous System
2.) Autonomic Nervous System
Somatic nervous system controls what? - Correct answer sensory nerves
and the efferent, motor nerves
(intentional movement and sensation)
Autonomic nervous system controls what? - Correct answer automatic
(involuntary) body functions (unconscious body functions)
Autonomic nervous system two sub-systems? - Correct answer 1.)
Sympathetic Nervous System
2.) Parasympathetic Nervous System
Sympathetic Nervous System is what? - Correct answer Fight or Flight
This system is mediated by catecholamine's including epinephrine,
norepinephrine, and dopamine
Sympathetic Nervous System effects include what? - Correct answer 1.)
Pupil dilation
2.) Tremors
3.) Tachycardia
4.) Vasoconstriction
5.) Bronchodilation
6.) Blood shunting from the mid-brain
7.) Enhanced neural stimulation of large muscles groups
Parasympathetic Nervous System is what? - Correct answer Feed and
Breed/ Rest and Digest
1.) Opposite effect to the SNS
Tachycardia due to what does not correlate with SNS stimulation? -
Correct answer medication, illness or exercise
The five conditions of physiological stimulation? - Correct answer White,
Yellow, Red, Gray and Black
