The nursing instructor teaches the student nurses about the autonomic nervous system. The instructor determines that learning has occurred when the students make which statement(s)?
1. "The sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are not always opposite in their effects."
2. "The parasympathetic nervous system is the "fight-or-flight" response."
3. "Sympathetic stimulation causes dilation of arterioles."
4. "The parasympathetic nervous system causes bronchial constriction."
5. "The sympathetic nervous system is activated under stress."
Correct Answer: 1,4,5
Rationale: The parasympathetic nervous system causes bronchial constriction. The sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are not always opposite in their effects. The sympathetic nervous system is activated under stress. The parasympathetic nervous system is the rest-and-digest response. Sympathetic stimulation causes constriction of arterioles.
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