3rd Formative Assessment Answers

Sympathetic supply to the pelvic viscera cause:

a) Micturation.
b) Dilatation of vessels in external genetalia.
c) Defecation.
d) Ejaculation.
1- All the following structures are supplied by sympathetic system only
EXCEPT:
a) Ventricles of the heart.
b) Constrictor of pupillae muscle.
c) Adrenal medulla.
d) Skin.

2- Vagal stimulation causes:

a) Tachycardia.
b) Dilatation of the bronchi and bronchioles.
c) Inhibition of plain muscles in stomach and small intestine.
d) Increase in gastric and pancreatic secretion.
3- Acetylcholine action at the autonomic ganglia is:
a) Muscarinic like action.
b) Nicotine like action.
c) Blocked by atropine.
d) Blocked by muscarine.

4- Nicotinic receptors:
a) Accept nicotine released by nerve endings near the receptor.
b) Are not sensitive to acetylcholine.
c) Are blocked by atropine.
d) Are found in sympathetic ganglia.

5- About acetylcholine, all the following is true EXCEPT:

a) It is synthesized & released by some symp. postgang. nerve fibres.
b) It is the chemical transmitter released by the pregang. nerve fibres.
c) It is broken down enzymatically by the cholinestrase enzyme.
d) It makes reading difficult because of relaxation of the ciliary muscle.

6- An injection of atropine causes all the following effects EXCEPT:

a) An increase in the heart rate.
b) Pupillo-dilatation.
c) Difficult micturition.
d) Constriction of the bronchi.