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ANS Flashcards

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Neurotransmitters

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  1. Somatic nerves to skeletal muscle: Ach
  2. Preganglionic nerve to adrenal medulla: Ach
  3. Preganglionic nerve to sympathetic nerves: Ach
  4. Preganglionic nerve to parasympathetic nerves: Ach
  5. Parasympathetic nerves to exocrine glands, heart, smooth muscle: Ach
  6. Sympathetic nerve to exocrine glands, heart, smooth muscle: NE
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Receptors

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Nicotinic: at skeletal muscle, adrenal medulla, preganglions at sympathetic and parasympathetic

Muscarinic at: exocrine glands, heart, smooth muscle

alpha 1: NE at smooth muscle

beta 2: smooth muscle

beta 1: NE at heart

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Sympathetic ganglion

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-preganglionic nerves between thoracic and lumbar region

Fight or flight
**Chain ganglion- responses are all or nothing! “thick if need to run away, need everything turned on at once”

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Parasympathetic ganglion

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-Preganglionic nerves at cervical and sacral region
*Vagus is major player

Rest and digest
-discrete activation- not everything is needed at once

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Baroreceptor Reflex

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Increase in arterial pressure, stretches stretch receptors in aortic arch and carotid artery

Increase parasympathetic on heart, decreases HR, decreases CO, and decrease CO=decrease BP

Decrease sympathetic on vasculature= vasodilation

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Agonist

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-substance that binds to a receptor and activates it
-can be an exogenous chemical
-mimics action of endogenous ligand

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Antagonist

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-binds to receptor and blocks its activation/effect
>blocks drugs (reversals) or endogenous activators

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Parasympathetic vs. sympathetic system

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-In opposition with each other
-One ANS system will have predominant tone over the other in a given organ
-blocking one system often unmasks activity of opposing system

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Parasympathetic impact on arteries?

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None!

BP/vasoconstriction in arterioles based on sympathetic. Will always have some firing to arteries, and then if need more, then more will fire

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Ach

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-bind to cholinergic receptors; two major subtypes:
1. Muscarinic receptors (M1-M5)- heart, smooth muscle, axocrine glands)
2. Nicotinic receptors (NM , NN)- skeletal muscle and ganglia

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Drugs for muscarinic effects

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None formulated

-these drugs tend to be “dirty”, because they target so much

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Drugs for nicotinic receptors

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-drugs present that can select for specific subtypes of nicotinic receptors

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NE and Epi

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bind to Adrenergic receptors; two major subtypes:
-alpha adrenergic (alpha1, 2)
-beta adrenergic (beta 1,2,3)

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What does sympathetic stimulation cause?

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  1. Increased heart rate
    2.decreased gastric motility
    3.vasoconstriction
  2. Decreased micturition
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Sympathetic in Eye

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-alpha1: Dilate pupils (let in light)
-beta 2: Relax ciliary muscle (allows animal to see far away)

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Parasympathetic in eye

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-M3, M2- pupil constriction AND contraction of ciliary muscle

**allows animal to focus nearby on food… rest and digest

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Sympathetic in head glands

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alpha 1: slight increase in secretion of lacrimal and salivary glands
**dry, thick feeling

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Parasympathetic in head glands

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M3: large increase in secretion of lacrimal and salivary glands
**watery, viscous

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Sympathetic stimulations causes:

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-vasoconstriction
-increases heart rate
-decreased gastric motility
-inhibit micturition

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Parasympathetic stimulation causes

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  • decreased heart rate
  • micturition (still voluntary control but will have increased urge)
    -increased gastric motility

**only sympathetic innervates arterioles= therefore no impact on vessels

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Sympathetic stimulations in lungs

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**targets bronchiolar smooth muscle

-Bronchiolar dilation (more air into the lungs)

-Receptor: beta 2; need very large stimulation

22
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Parasympathetic stimulations in lungs

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**targets bronchiolar smooth muscle

-Contraction

-Receptor: mostly M3, some M2

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Sympathetic stimulation on heart

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Increased heart rate in SA node, contractility of atria and ventricles, automaticity of AV node

Receptor: mostly Beta 1, some beta 2

**goes to both pacemakers and diffusely throughout the heart

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Parasympathetic stimulation on heart

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-Decrease in HR on SA node, decreased contractility on ventricles and atria, decreased conduction of AV node

Receptor: M2

**targets just pacemakers

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Vocabulary for cardiac changes

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  1. chronotrophic- heart rate
  2. inotrophic= contractility/force
  3. dromotropic= speed of conduction
  4. lusotropic= relaxation
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Stimulation of blood vessels

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-Sympathetic
-mostly alpha 1; results in constriction
-beta 2 results in dilation

**no parasympathetic stimulation

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Sympathetic stimulation on GI tract

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-alpha and beta 1 and 2= decreased motility
- alpha 1= increased sphincter tone
-alpha 2= inhibition of secretion

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Parasympathetic stimulation of GI tract

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M2 M3 receptors: increased motility

M3, M2 receptors= decreased sphincter tone

M3, M2 receptors= increased stimulation secretion

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Sympathetic stimulation on urinary bladder

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beta 2= relaxation of detrusor muscle (less likely/more difficult to urinate)

alpha 1= contraction of sphincters

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Parasympathetic stimulation on bladder

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M3= contraction of detrusor muscle (more likely/less difficult to urinate)

M3= relaxation of sphincters

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Sympathetic stimulation on sex organs

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alpha 1 males: ejaculation

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Parasympathetic stimulation on sex organs

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M3= erection

33
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sympathetic stimulation of skin

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Sympathetic: alpha one effects sweat glands and pilomotor muscles

Parasympathetic: M3

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Sympathetic stimulation of adrenal medulla

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NN receptors (Ach targeting nicotinic; synapses directly on adrenal medulla) results in secretion of EPI

**no parasympathetic

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Sympathetic stimulation of Kidney

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beta 1= increased secretion of renin

**no parasympathetic stimulation

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Sympathetic stimulation of liver

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alpha 1= glycogenolysis
beta 2= gluconeogenesis

**no parasympathetic stimulation

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Sympathetic stimulation of splenic capsule

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alpha 1= contraction of splenic capsule

38
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Sympathetic stimulation on sympathetic nerves

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alpha 2= inhibition of NE release from autoreceptor

39
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ANS receptor signal transduction for betas

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  1. beta receptors are linked with G-receptors (GB type), leading to activation of adenylyl cyclase
  2. Activates cAMP
  3. increased biological effect
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ANS receptor signal transduction for alphas

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  1. alpha receptors are linked with G-receptors (Gi type)
  2. inhibits adenylyl cyclase activation
    3.decreased in cAMP activation
  3. decreased biological effect

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