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Anatomy Chapter 14- The Autonomic Nervous System Flashcards

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Somatic Nervous System

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system responsible for voluntary muscle movements and somatic reflex arcs
Mostly voluntary / Only involuntary is if there’s damage somewhere in the spinal reflex

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The autonomic Nervous System

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Almost all effectors are visceral
involuntary control
homeostasis is maintained - stable internal environment
regulation of heart rate, blood vessel diameter, pupil size, body temperature, increases/decreases stomach secretions

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ANS vs SNS

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  1. Effector organs
  2. Efferent pathways
  3. Neurotransmitter effects
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Effector organs

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SNS- skeletal muscle tissue
ANs- cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and glands (visceral organs)

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Efferent pathways and ganglia

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SNS- single neuron extends from CNS to effector
ANS- Consists of a two-neuron chain to reach the effector

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Preganglionic neuron

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Cell body in the CNS, axon synapses with second motor neuron
Always ends motor output that sends visceral activity

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Postganglionic neuron

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cell body is outside the CNS, axon extends to effector organ

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Ganglia

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Site of synapse between the pregangionic neuron and postganglionic neuron

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Neurotransmitter effects

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SNS- all release acetylcholine (excitatory)
ANS- Release norepinephrine or acetylcholine (excitatory or inhibitory)

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ANS Parts

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  1. Parasympathetic
  2. Sympathetic
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Parasympathetic Division Known as…

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“Rest and Digest”

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Function of Parasympathetic

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Directs “housekeeping” activities concerning digestion & waste elimination
heart rate & blood pressure (low bp and heart rate)
airway diameter (bronchi leading into lungs - not a large volume of air needed and airways will be smaller)
pupil diameter (smaller)
reproduction (gamete production increases)

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Origin of Fibers of Parasympathetic

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the brain and the sacral spinal cord
Preganglionic fibers are long
postganglionic fibers are short

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Location of ganglia in parasympathetic

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In or near the effector organ

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Cranial Portion of Parasympathetic

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Supplies fibers to head, neck, thoracic and abdominal regions
Fibers run in oculomotor, facial, glossopharyngeal, and vagus cranial nerves

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Oculomotor nerve

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Innervates smooth muscle in eyes and muscles associated with lens
Controls 4/6 of the extrinsic eye muscles

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Facial nerve

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Stimulates large glands of the head
keeps nasal passages more fluid

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Glossopharyngeal nerve

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Activates carotid salivary gland
Produces more salvia and fluids to keep nasal passages more fluid

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vagus Nerve

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provide fibers to the neck and almost every organ in thoracic & abdominal cavities
parasympathetic division

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Cardiac plexus

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Supplies fibers to the heart
resting- 72 bpm

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Pulmonary plexus

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Supplies preganglionic fibers to lung
12 breaths per minute

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Esophageal plexus

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Serves esophagus
Fibers extend into the abdominal cavity from this plexus that innervates the liver, gallbladder, stomach, etc.

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Sacral Portion of the parasympathetic

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From pelvic splanchnic nerves
serves pelvic organs and distal portion half of large intestine
will be stimulatory and waste remove
ovaries and testes more active

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Sympathetic Division

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Fight or Flight

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Function of Sympathetic division
Mobilizes the body for action by affecting heart rate and blood pressure, airway diameter, pupil diameter, digestion & waste elimination, reproduction, etc. - slows these things down
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Fibers of the sympathetic division
thoracolumbar region of the spinal cord
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Location of ganglia of sympathetic division
close to the spinal cord
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Sympathetic is more complex. why?
Innervates smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and glands
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Anatomy of the sympathetic division
Preganglionic fibers leave the spinal cord and form the sympathetic trunk
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Sympathetic trunk
allows pre-ganglionic axons to travel to spinal nerves that are higher or lower than where they originate
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Pathway to the sympathetic trunk
1. Preganglionic fiber exits spinal cord 2. fibers bass through white ramus communicans 3. fibers enter the sympathetic trunk ganglion
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White ramus communicans
guides the preganglionic fiber to the sympathetic trunk
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Ways fibers form synapses. 3:
1. Preganglionic neuron and postganglionic neuron synapse at the same level (straight to the side at the sympathetic trunk) 2. Preganglionic neuron and postganglionic neuron synapse at higher or lower level (Travels out to the effector organ - go up or down) 3) Preganglionic neuron and postganglionic neuron synapse at distant collateral ganglion in abdomen and pelvis (no synapse)
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Collateral ganglion
Sits next to the sympathetic trunk where it synapses with the postganglionic fiber
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Grat rami communicans
Carry postganglionic fibers from sympathetic trunk ganglion to periphery
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Pathways to the Head from trunk ganglia
Preganglionic fibers emerge from T1-T4, synapse with postganglionic fibers at superior cervical ganglion of the sympathetic trunk serves skin and blood vessels of head, stimulate dilator muscles of eyes, inhibits nasal and salivary glands, innervates muscle to upper eyelid, sends branches to heart (increases heart rate)
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Pathways to the thorax from trunk ganglia
Preganglionic fibers emerge from T1-T6 Most postganglionic axons pass through cardiac, pulmonary, & esophageal plexuses to effector organ Travel with parasympathetic postganglionic neurons but they still have opposite effects on the effector organs Causes airways to dilate and bring in oxygen so that you could supply it to the muscle tissue Any neurons that synapse in collateral ganglia
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Pathways with Synapses in Collateral Ganglia
Form Splanchnic nerves Greater splanchnic nerve, lesser splanchnic nerve, least splanchnic nerves Lumbar splanchnic nerves and sacral splanchnic nerves
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Pathways to the abdomen
serve the stomach, most of intestines, liver, spleen, and kidneys Slows them down
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pathway to the pelvis
serves the bladder, reproductive organs, distal half of large intestine
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What is the general effect of the sympathetic division on abdominopelvic viscera?
Inhibitory effect, slows it down
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Visceral reflex arc components
1. receptor in viscera 2. sensory neurons 3. integration center 4. motor neurons 5. visceral effector
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Acetylcholine
The effect is not entirely excitatory or inhibitory → depends on receptor it binds Released by cholinergic fibers Receptors that bind... Nicotinic receptor muscarinic receptor
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Cholinergic fibers
1) All ANS preganglionic axons 2) All parasympathetic postganglionic axons at synapse with effector
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Nicotinic receptors
Found on: all postganglionic neurons (sympathetic & parasympathetic), hormone-producing cells of the adrenal medulla, sarcolemma of skeletal muscle cells Also on the adrenal medulla - produces and releases norepinephrine and epinephrine Effect: Binding of ACh here is always stimulatory Depolarization of post ganglionic fibers
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Muscarinic Receptors
Found on: all parasympathetic effectors and some sympathetic effectors Effect: Binding of ACh here is stimulatory or inhibitory Rest and digest is increased in general
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Norepinephrine
Effect is not entirely inhibitory or excitatory → depends on receptor it binds Released by adrenergic fibers at sympathetic postganglionic axons Adrenergic Receptors that bind NE 1) Alpha receptors 2) Beta receptors
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Norepinephrine
Effect is not entirely inhibitory or excitatory → depends on receptor it binds Released by adrenergic fibers at sympathetic postganglionic axons Adrenergic Receptors that bind NE 1) Alpha receptors 2) Beta receptor
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Alpha receptors
All sympathetic target organs
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Beta receptors
heart, adipose tissue, kidneys, lungs, blood vessels Can be stimulatory and inhibitory
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Dual Innervation
Sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions innervate organs → both send impulses to organ simultaneously
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Opposite effects
Whichever is sending more impulses in the same period of time will have a higher influence on the organ
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Vasomotor (Sympathetic) Tone:
continuous partial constriction of blood vessels (vaso- blood vessel)
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Why is partial constriction (i.e., muscle “tone”) important in muscle tissue?
When you are at rest, including skeletal muscle tissue, it will allow muscle to be responsive to neurotransmitters no matter how much you want it to
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If blood pressure is low
Vasomotor fibers will fire more rapidly muscle contracts → blood vessels constrict
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If blood pressure is high
Vasomotor fibers fire less rapidly muscle relaxes → blood vessels dilate
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Parasympathetic Tone:
Present mostly in cardiac muscle tissue, smooth muscle tissue of digestive and urinary organs Effect: slows heart rate, maintains normal activity of digestive & urinary organs
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Unique roles of the sympathetic division
1. thermoregulatory response to heat (blood vessels dilate, sweat glands activate) 2. Renin released from kidneys (increase blood pressure) 3. Metabolic changes (increase metabolic rates in cells, higher blood glucose level, mobilize fats)
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parasympathetic division exterts...
highly localized, short-lived control by... (1) One preganglionic neuron synapses with one or a few postganglionic neurons (2) All parasympathetic fibers release ACh → quickly broken down by acetylcholinesterase
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Sympathetic division exerts...
diffuse (spread out), long-lasting control by... (1) Preganglionic neurons synapse with multiple postganglionic neurons (2) NE and epinephrine prolong effects of sympathetic division activation
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Anterior hypothalamic areas...
oversee parasympathetic division
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Posterior hypothalamic areas
oversee sympathetic division
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Hypertension
High blood pressure overactive sympathetic vasoconstrictor response heart must work harder to circulate blood through narrow blood vessels heart disease, enlarged arteries, kidney failure Adrenergic-receptor blocking drugs
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Raynaud's Disease
exaggerated vasoconstriction response due to cold or emotional stress skin of fingers and toes becomes pale, temporarily decreased blood flow Skin can eventually become cyanotic (blue), painful Tissue not dead, but veryyyy oxygen deprived When blood returns, it is normal and will also stimulate nociceptors and you will feel pain Could be gangrene - black tissue; no saving it
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Autonomic dysreflexia
Affects individuals who are quadriplegic or have spinal cord injuries above T6 Usually triggered by some type of pain stimulus to skin or overfilled visceral organ More than 80% of cases are because of an overfilled bladder of autonomic neurons Effect: arterial blood pressure skyrockets Can rupture blood vessels in brain causing stroke Symptoms: headache, flushed face, sweating above injury, cold/clammy skin below injury

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