ANS Flashcards
What is another name for autonomic nervous system
Visceral motor system
What kind of muscles to does somatic motor systems innervate?
skeletal muscles
What kind of muscles does the visceral motor system innervate?
Smooth muscles, cardiac muscle, and glands
What are the divisions of the visceral motor system?
Sympathetic and parasympathetic and enteric division
Which special senses are considered somatic sensory?
hearing, equilibrium, vision and smell
Which special senses are considered visceral sensory?
taste
Which environments do motor neurons go to after they come out of the CNS? (for somatic and autonomic systems)
to the internal environment (ANS) or the external environment (somatic nervous system)
What is the enteric division of the ANS
it is a self contained system that deals with digestion
What is the function of the adrenergic neurons?
to synthesize and release NE (norepinepherine)
What is the function of cholinergic neurons?
to synthesize and release ACh
Which receptors are cholinergic?
Nicortinic and muscarinic
Where is the autonomic ganglion located?
In the PNS
Where is the preganglionic cell body located in the ANS ?
CNS
How many neurons are in the sympathetic and parasympathetic NS
2 (one pre and one post)
How many neurons are in the somatic NS?
1 (motor neuron)
What contains the adrenergic receptors?
smooth muscle and glands
What type of receptors are nicotic receptors and what does this mean?
They are ionotropic. This means that when Ach binds to that receptor, it directly alters the permeability of the muscles membrane.
What kind of receptors are cholinergic for the preganglion and post ganglionic neurons in the ANS?
The preganglion neuron releases ACh onto a nicotinic receptor on the soma of the postganglionic neuron. The post ganglionic neuron then releases ACh into the muscarinic receptor on the sweat glads (for sym) or smooth muscle and glands (for parasym).
What kind of receptors or muscarinic receptors?
metabotropic
Normally the post ganglionic neuron releases NE to the adrenergic receptors. What is the exception to this? And which division in the ANS is this in?
The post ganglion neuron can also release ACh to the muscarinic receptors in the sweat glands.
Which division has a longer pre ganglion neuron
The parasympathetic division has a longer pre ganglionic neuron and shorter post ganglionic neuron. This is because they only need to release ACh to their effector organs. Where as the postganglionic neurons for the sympathetic are longer because they need to release NE all throughout the body
What part of the spinal cord do both sensory somatic and sensory visceral synapse onto their interneurons
Dorsal horn. But the somatic sensory synapses on a more outer portion of the dorsal horn than does the visceral sensory
Somatic/visceral sensory synapses on the outermost/ innermost section of the dorsal and ventral horns/
Somatic sensory on the outermost, and visceral sensory on the innermost.
The interneurons of the viscera synapse onto the autonomic motor neurons in what part of the spinal cord?
Lateral horn
What does the motor end plate form?
the neuromuscular junction
How many somatic axons control 1 skeletal cell ?
1?
Is the skeletal muscle innervation tightly or loosely regulated?
tightly, has the motor end place and one axon controls 1 cell
Where on the visceral motor axon are NTs packaged into vesicles and released?
veracositis
How many smooth muscle cells are innervated by 1 axon? What does this allow for?
1 axon innervates multiple cells, this allows for coordination.
What happens when the sympathetic mobilizes the body for action?
pupils dilate, desire to run (emotional content), dry mouth, increased heart rate, shallow breaths. We fight for our life or flee.
What’s another name for the sympathetic system? why?
thoracolumbar system because the preganglionic neurons are largely housed in the thoracic and lumbar divisions of the spinal cord.
The sympathetic chain is also known as
The autonomic chain and the paravertebral chain.