ANS Flashcards
Activated by SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
Sweat glands, Piloerector muscles, a few blood vessels in skeletal muscles
Final NT
ACETYLCHOLINE
Final RECEPTOR
MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR
MYDRIASIS
SYMPATHETIC
ACCOMODATION
PARASYMPATHETIC
Capable of MASS DISCHARGE
Sympathetic Nervous System
SWEATING
SYMPATHETIC
SALIVATION
SYMPATHETIC/PARASYMPATHETIC
GLANDULAR SECRETION
PARASYMPATHETIC
Increased HR, cardiac contractility
SYMPATHETIC
BRONCHOCONSTRICTION
PARASYMPATHETIC
GI MOTILITY/PERISTALSIS
PARASYMPATHETIC
Increased blood glucose, lipids
SYMPATHETIC
GU and GI sphincter contraction
SYMPATHETIC
UTERINE CONTRACTION
SYMPATHETIC
URINATION
PARASYMPATHETIC
DEFECATION
PARASYMPATHETIC
VASODILATION (skeletal muscles)
SYMPATHETIC
VASOCONSTRICTION (skin, alpha, splanchnic, renal, venous)
SYMPATHETIC
PILOERECTION
SYMPATHETIC
ERECTION
PARASYMPATHETIC
FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE
SYMPATHETIC
REST AND DIGEST RESPONSE
PARASYMPATHETIC
Function of ANS
Assists in maintaining homeostasis
Participates in appropriate and coordinated responses to external stimuli