KROK 1 2015 – Question 8 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
When taking exams students often have dry mouth. The mechanism that causes this state results from the following reflexes:
- A. Unconditioned sympathetic
- B. Unconditioned parasympathetic
- C. Unconditioned peripheral
- D. Conditioned sympathetic
- E. Conditioned parasympathetic
Hint
Separate two questions: whether the reflex is inborn or acquired through experience, and which autonomic division reduces salivation.
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