Adrenergic Drugs

Question 1

What nerves do the autonomic/peripheral nervous system have?

Answer 1

All the nerves outside the brain in the spinal cord

Question 2

PNS have which 2 branches?

Answer 2

Sympathetic and parasympathetic

Question 3

What do sympathetic nervous system control?

Answer 3

hr, bp, resp, ability to send blood to skeletal muscles for fight flight or freeze responses

Question 4

What is norepinephrine?

Answer 4

A naturally produced transmitter in SNS

Question 5

What does the adrenal gland produce?

Answer 5

Epinephrine and dopamine

Question 6

What does epinephrine do?

Answer 6

Increase hr, lung breath, bp, and blood sugar

Question 7

What does dopamine have affects on?

Answer 7

Movement, memory, motivation, and pleasure awards

Question 8

Another name for adrenergic drugs and what do they do?

Answer 8

Sympathomimetic drugs.
To mimic transmission of sympathetic nerve

Question 9

Another name for adrenergic blocker drugs and what do they do?

Answer 9

Sympatholytic drugs.
To stop transmission of sympathetic nerve

Question 10

Purpose of adrenergic drugs

Answer 10

Send blood into vital organs so body can deal with stressful situations

Question 11

Alpha/beta receptors

Answer 11

Alpha 1 - vasoconstriction of heart
Alpha 2 - vasoconstriction of lungs, decrease tone and motility of GI tract
Beta 1 - vasodilation of heart, increase hr and force of myocardial contraction
Beta 2 - vasodilation of lungs

Question 12

What is one of the side effects of epinephrine

Answer 12

Tremor

Question 13

What do adrenergic drugs interact with?

Answer 13

Antidepressants, oxytocin, and beta blockers