NURS 6200 Autonomic Nervous System Questions
with Correct Answers
Sympathetic nervous system (SNS = *Adren*ergic) Correct Answer
✓✓ fight or flight
Parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS = Cholinergic) Correct Answer
✓✓ rest and digest
Epinephrine works on which receptors? Correct Answer ✓✓ a1, a2, b1,
b2 (non-selective)
Mydriasis is the ___ of the pupil Correct Answer ✓✓ dilation
Amylase and lipase may be falsely ___ with bethanechol Correct
Answer ✓✓ elevated
Anticholinergics cause problems with urinary ___ Correct Answer ✓✓
retention
Anticholinergics will ___ gastric secretions Correct Answer ✓✓
decrease
___ can be impaired when taking ___ (decreased mucus membranes)
Correct Answer ✓✓ Thermoregulation, anticholinergics
, Atropine causes paralysis of the iris sphincter. Atropine _____
muscarinic receptors in the eye which causes ___ is the iris sphincter
causing pupil dilation, therefore the eye cannot adapt to bright light
Correct Answer ✓✓ blocks, paralysis
Which clinical indicator would the nurse monitor as a means of
observing the activation of muscarinic receptors? Correct Answer ✓✓
Increased bronchial secretions
Anticholinergics work to do ___ functions Correct Answer ✓✓ PNS
Evaluate a patient whose systolic is under __ mmHg Correct Answer
✓✓ 100
____ is an anti-cholinesterase inhibitor Correct Answer ✓✓
Physostigmine
The ___ is split into the SNS and PSNS Correct Answer ✓✓ ANS
___ adrenergic receptors are pro-SNS Correct Answer ✓✓ Alpha1
Clonidine is a ___ ___, which means it is pro-PSNS Correct Answer
✓✓ alpha2 agonist
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