ANS

Question 1

What does it control?

Answer 1

Smooth and cardiac muscle, glands

Question 2

Sympathetic Neurotransmitter, fibers.

Answer 2

Thoracolumbar fibers: Norepenephrine

Question 3

Parasympathetic Neurotransmitter, fibers.

Answer 3

Craniosacral fibers: Acetylcholine

Question 4

Beta 1 receptors

Answer 4

Primarily the Heart, kidneys a little.

Question 5

Beta 2 receptors

Answer 5

Primarily the lungs

Question 6

Sympathetic Tone

Answer 6

Controls blood pressure, even at rest.

Keeps vessels in a continual state of partial constriction.

Question 7

Alpha blocker drugs

Answer 7

INterfere with vasomotor tone fibers and are used to treat hypertension

Question 8

Parasympathetic tone

Answer 8

Slows the heart, dictates normal activities of digestion.

Question 9

Erection control

Answer 9

Parasympathetic cause vasodilation and erection

Sympathetic cause ejaculation and reflex contraction of vagina

Question 10

Hypothalamus

Answer 10

Overall integration of the ANS. The boss

Question 11

Brain Stem

Answer 11

Regulation of pupil size, RR, HR, BP, swallowing

Question 12

Spinal cord

Answer 12

Urination, defecation, erection and ejaculation