09/11 Flashcards
What is the nervous system divided into?
Afferent and Efferent
Afferent goes
towards the CNS.
Efferent goes
away from the CNS
the CNS is made of the
brain and spinal cord
the PNS is made of the
Everything outside of the brain and spinal cord
Afferent is made up of
many different sensors in the body that send information to the CNS
Efferent is made up of:
Somatic nervous system
autonomic nervous system
the somatic nervous system controls the
skeletal muscles
the autonomic nervous system can be further broken down into the:
Parasympathetic
sympathetic
enteric nervous system
The autonomic nervous system controls the
smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands
Not under conscious control
What are clusters of cell bodies in the CNS?
Nuclei
What are clusters of cell bodies in the PNS?
Ganglia
Sympathetic responses are the
fight or flight
Where does blood shift to during a sympathetic response?
heart and muscles, lungs
increases the HR and BP
Parasympathetic response is the
rest and digest response
blood shunts to the _____ in the parasympathetic response
endocrine
GI
urogenital
“rest and digest”
which response is running all of the time and which response is only running when needed?
Sympathetic runs all the time
Parasympathetic only kicks in to bring the body back to normal and then it shuts back off
Craniosacral nerves form the
Parasympathetic side
Thoracolumbar nerves form the
sympathetic side
What is the most important cranial nerve in the parasympathetic side and what does it do?
Cranial nerve 10 the vagus nerve
it slows down the heart rate
sympathetic Preganglionic fibers are
short
originate from the thoracolumbar region of the spinal cord
Ganglia are found close to the spinal cord
Sympathetic Postganglionic fibers are
long
originate from the thoracolumbar region of the spinal cord
Ganglia are found close to the spinal cord
Parasympathetic preganglionic nerves are
long
orginate in the brain and sacral spinal cord
the ganglia are found in the visceral effector organs