Autonomic Nervous System

Question 1

Sensory neurons

Answer 1

Carry nerve impulses from sensory receptors in visceral organs and blood vessels to the central nervous system

Question 2

Motor neurons

Answer 2

Carry nerve impulses from the central nervous system to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands

Question 3

Preganglionic neuron

Answer 3

First Motor neuron in the Autonomic nervous system.
Synapse in the ganglia (serve as relay stations
Extends from the spinal cord to the ganglion

Question 4

Postganglionic neuron

Answer 4

Second Motor neuron in the Autonomic nervous system.
Synapse in the ganglia (serve as relay stations
Travels from the ganglion to the effector

Question 5

Autonomic Nervous System

Answer 5

Regulates the action of glands, the smooth muscles of hollow organs and vessels, the heart muscle
Involuntary