Autonomic

Question 1

What’s afferent neurons

Answer 1

Sensory (pns to cns)

Question 2

What’s efferent neurons

Answer 2

Motor (cns to pns)

Question 3

Where do somatic (voluntary) neurons go

Answer 3

Skeletal muscle

Question 4

Where do autonomic (involuntary) neurons go

Answer 4

Sympathetic and parasympathetic system. (Cardiac, smooth muscle and glands)

Question 5

how do synapses work

Answer 5

action potential open Ca gates and allows it to flow in, fuses with presynaptic cleft that allows neurotransmitters to diffuse through synaptic cleft and bind to postsynaptic cleft

Question 6

somatic pathway

Answer 6

sensory input - special/somatic senses
voluntary control
acetylcholine
1 neuron pathway
innervates skeletal muscle

Question 7

autonomic

Answer 7

internal sense receptors
involuntary
acetylcholine and norepinephrine
2 neuron pathway
smooth and cardiac muscle, glands

has myelinated pathway then unmyelin

Question 8

sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves

Answer 8

sym - ach then ne
sym to glands - ach then ach
para - ach then ach

Question 9

whats hypophseal portal veins

Answer 9

form a network of blood vessels that connect the hypothalamus to the anterior pituitary

Question 10

function of adrenal medulla

Answer 10

enhance symp response stimulated by ach from symp pre-ganglionic neurons

Question 11

adrenal cortex function

Answer 11

resistance to dampen inflammation uses (glucocorticoids) cortisol and corticoids. Regulates sodium and potassium balance by promoting sodium retention and potassium excretion in the kidneys. This helps control blood pressure and fluid balance.

Question 12

diff in water and lipid soluble protein pathways

Answer 12

lipid - moves through blood with carrier, makes proteins and can pass through lipid bilayer, activates genes DNA
water - associates with g proteins and kinases

Question 13

whats infundibulum

Answer 13

stalk connecting hypothalamus and pituitary