ANS Flashcards
ANS is divided into two parts
sympathetic & parasympathetic
- prepare the body for emergency by increasing heart rate, constricting peripheral blood vessels, increasing blood supply to muscles, and increasing blood pressure
- redistributes blood to organs that need high performance in emergency situations
sympathetic system
sympathetic system originate in the lateral gray columns of the spinal cord
Efferent fibers
leave the cord in the anterior root and pass via the white rami communicantes to the paravertebral ganglia of the sympathetic trunk
Myelinated axons
Once these presynaptic fibers reach the sympathetic trunks, they are distributed as follows:
- Synapse with a postsynaptic sympathetic neuron in the ganglion
- Travel superiorly or inferiorly to synapse at
a different level of the sympathetic trunk. For instance, T1 fibers must travel superiorly to the superior cervical ganglion - Pass through the ganglia without synapsing, as the greater, lesser, or least splanchnic nerve, to synapse in a prevertebral sympathetic ganglion
from the viscera travels through the sympathetic ganglia without synapsing and ascends to higher centers
Afferent information
- conserve and restore energy
- heart rate
is slowed, pupils are constricted, peristalsis and glandular activity is increased, and the bladder walls are contracted
parasympathetic system
Efferent fibers of the parasympathetic system originate in the parasympathetic nuclei of cranial nerves ___ and the sacral spinal cord segments ___
III, VII, IX, and X; S2-S4
Presynaptic parasympathetic fibers of cranial nerves 11, VII, and IX synapse in the parasympathetic ganglia of the headβspecificallyβ___
ciliary, otic, pterygopalatine, and submandibular
from viscera travel with the cranial nerves and the pelvic splanchnic nerves
afferent fibers
has long postganglionic fibers
sympathetic system
has short fibers
parasympathetic
The preganglionic fibers in both the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are ___, meaning they synthesize and release ACh at the synapse
cholinergic
The postganglionic fibers in the parasympathetic are also ___
cholinergic
Most postganglionic sympathetic neurons release ___
norepinephrine
fibers to sweat glands and blood vessels are ___
cholinergic
The skin of the upper eyelid receives sympathetic innervation from the ___
superior cervical ganglion
The pupil of the iris is constricted by parasympathetic from ___ and dilated by sympathetic fibers from the ___
cranial nerve Ill; superior cervical ganglion
receives parasympathetic fibers from cranial nerve VII and sympathetic vasoconstrictor fibers from the superior cervical ganglion
lacrimal gland
receive parasympathetic innervation from cranial nerve VII and sympathetic fibers from the superior cervical ganglion
submandibular & sublingual glands
receives parasympathetic fibers from cranial nerve IX and sympathetic fibers from the superior cervical ganglion
parotid gland
receives parasympathetic innervation from cranial nerve X and sympathetic fibers from the greater and
lesser splanchnic nerves
gastrointestinal tract
receive parasympathetic innervation from the pelvic splanchnic nerves and sympathetic fibers from the lumbar part of the sympathetic trunk
descending colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum
made up of the submucous plexus of Meissner and the myenteric plexus of Auerbach
enteric nervous system
indicates that the accommodation reflex for near vision is normal but that the light reflex is lost
Argyll Robertson pupil
Pain arising in the gastrointestinal tract is referred
to the ___
midline
The patient has vasodilation of the facial skin arterioles
Horner syndrome
restricted to the T1βL2 segments of the spinal cord
sympathetic outflow
Norepinephrine is secreted at the endings of the
postganglionic sympathetic fibers
The parasympathetic innervation controlling the parotid salivary gland arises from the
glossopharyngeal nerve
Effects are local and discrete due to preganglionic neurons synapsing with few postganglionic neurons
parasympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system
Anticholinesterase drugs act at synapses by
blocking the breakdown of acetylcholine