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Autonomic Nervous System Development MCQs: practice questions
Sample Autonomic Nervous System Development multiple-choice questions from Central & Peripheral Nervous System Development.
Which structure contains sympathetic preganglionic neurons?
- A. Dorsal root ganglion
- B. Adrenal medulla
- C. Celiac ganglion
- D. Sympathetic chain
- E. Intermediolateral cell column
Which cranial nerve contains parasympathetic preganglionic fibers from the midbrain?
- A. CN VIII
- B. CN XI
- C. CN V
- D. CN III
- E. CN XII
Which autonomic ganglia are derived from neural crest cells in the abdominal and pelvic cavities?
- A. Anterior horn cells
- B. Preganglionic spinal neurons
- C. Parasympathetic ganglia
- D. Dorsal root ganglia only
- E. Ependymal cells
What is the key developmental distinction between autonomic preganglionic and postganglionic neurons?
- A. Preganglionic neurons arise from mesoderm; postganglionic from ectoderm
- B. Both arise from surface ectoderm
- C. Both arise from neural crest
- D. Both arise from endoderm
- E. Preganglionic neurons arise from neural tube; postganglionic neurons arise from neural crest
Where are preganglionic sympathetic neurons located?
- A. Cerebellar cortex
- B. Intermediolateral cell column
- C. Ventral horn only
- D. Dorsal horn
- E. Dorsal root ganglion
Which adrenal cell type is functionally related to sympathetic postganglionic neurons?
Which cranial nerve carries parasympathetic preganglionic fibers from the pons?
Which nerve is identified with enteric parasympathetic development in the source?
Which cranial nerves carry parasympathetic preganglionic fibers from the medulla?
Which cells form postganglionic sympathetic neurons?
Which spinal levels contain sacral parasympathetic preganglionic neurons?
Which developmental cell population migrates to form enteric ganglia?
Which autonomic neuronal population is derived directly from the basal plate?
Which ganglion is associated with CN IX?
Which autonomic division has its preganglionic neurons in the sacral spinal cord?
Which ganglion is associated with CN VII and parasympathetic fibers to submandibular glands?
Which ganglion is derived from cranial neural crest and associated with CN III?
What is the embryologic origin of preganglionic parasympathetic neurons?
Which ganglion is associated with CN VII and parasympathetic fibers to the lacrimal gland?
Which sympathetic ganglion is located anterior to the vertebral column?
Which spinal levels contain the sympathetic preganglionic cell column?
Which structure is an autonomic neural-crest derivative rather than a neural-tube derivative?
Which adrenal structure is derived from neural crest?
Which enteric ganglia are derived from neural crest cells?
What is the embryologic origin of preganglionic sympathetic neurons?
Which sympathetic ganglia are neural-crest derived?
Which autonomic ganglia are located within the wall of the gastrointestinal tract?
Which autonomic neuronal population is derived from neural crest?
Which structure contains postganglionic sympathetic neuronal cell bodies?
What do sympathetic preganglionic axons form between T1 and L3?