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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2016

When taking exams students often have dry mouth. The mechanism that causes this state results from the following reflexes:

Answer options

  1. Conditioned parasympathetic
  2. Unconditioned parasympathetic
  3. Conditioned sympathetic
  4. Unconditioned peripheral
  5. Unconditioned sympathetic
Correct answer

Conditioned sympathetic

Explanation

Conditioned sympathetic reflex consists of dryness of mouth, increased heart rate, urinary retention. Please note that it is conditioned because the cause (exams) is not naturally occurring i.e the students had to learn it.

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