KROK 1 2011 – Question 128 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
If a man has an attack of bronchiospasm it is necessary to reduce the effect of vagus on smooth muscles of bronchi. What membrane cytoreceptors should be blocked for this purpose?
- A. α-adrenoreceptors
- B. β-adrenoreceptors
- C. α- and β-adrenoreceptors
- D. N-cholinoreceptors
- E. M-cholinoreceptors
Hint
Identify the transmitter that the vagus nerve releases onto bronchial smooth muscle and the class of receptor on which it acts.
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