ANS DSA Flashcards
What’s part of the efferent portion of the nervous system?
somatic = conscious movements
ANS - unconscious… cardiac output, blood flow or organs, digestion.
ANS is subdivided by?
Sympathetic (thoracolumbar)
parasympathetic (craniosacral)
Parasympathetic vs sympathetic neurotransmitters?
receptors?
PNS: NT = ACh … activates both nACHr and mAChr
SNS: NT = (catecholamines) NE> Epi (dopamine); and Ach.
A, B adrenergic receptors, dopamine receptors, and mAChR and mAChR
Sweat glands are controlled by what? (SNS)
renal vascular smooth muscle (SNS)
Cardiac and smooth muscle, gland cells, nerve terminals? (SNS)
acetylcholine / muscarinic receptors
dopamine, dopaminergic receptors
NE, alpha and beta adrenergic
what’s the primary mediator for all ganglion nervous system independent of PNS or SNS?
Ach
What does Ach act on to release Epi/NE?
on the adrenal medulla via a nAChR receptor!
Acetylcholine is found where?
is it found at any postganglionic sympathetic fibers?
all preganglionic fibers and and all postganglionic PARASYMPATHETIC FIBERS
yes! Sweat glands
NE is what?
major Neurotransmitter of the SNS
vast majority of the postganglionic sympathetic fibers
Epinephrine?
only occurs in the adrenal medulla and in a few epi containing pathways in the brainstem
Dopamine?
acts on CNS and renal vascular smooth muscle.
this is a precursor to NE and Epi
Explain ACh
synthesized in the cytoplasm, shuttled into the vesicle and stored in a cholinergic varicosity.
as an AP comes down, Calcium flows into the cholinergic cell, causing fusion of the vesicle through VAMPS and SNAPS (SNARE complex).
after fusion the Ach is released where it can interact with mAChR or nAChR
Ach is then destroyed by acetylcholinesterase enzyme
nAChR vs mAChR… which one is ionotropic, which is metabotropic?
which one is found at the CNS + autonomic ganglia?
Which is found at the adrenal medulla?
which is found at the sweat glands?
which is found at the effector organs (cardiac and smooth muscle, gland cells, nerve terminals)
nAChR is ionotropic, mAChR is metabotropic.
Both
nAChR
mAChR
mAChR
what is the general function of nAChR?
what about for mAChR?
excitatory unless it’s with the adrenal medulla and that would be release of catecholamines
both excitatory and inhibitory unless it has to deal with the sweat glands and that would be sweat secretion
Agonists of nAChR?
mAChR?
ACh, Nicotine
ACh, Muscarine
Nm is found where?
Nn?
what structural features are these?
what is their mechanism?
skeletal muscle, neuromuscular junction
postganglionic cell body, dendrites, CNS
both ligand gated ion channels
both Na+, K+ depolarizing Ion Channels