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Autonomic Flashcards

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What is the parasympathetic system controlled by?

A

Venterolateral hypothalamus

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What is the sympathetic supply controlled by?

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Venteromedial hypothalamus

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What are the nuclei of PSNS?

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Edinger westphal
Superior and inferior salivatory
Dorsal Vagal motor nucleus

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What are the ganglion of the PSNS?

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Otic
Pterygopalatine
Submandibular
Ciliary

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What does the ciliary ganglion supply and by what route?

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Spinchter pupillae
Constrictor
Also refractory power of the lens

Via the short ciliary nerve

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What is the preganglionic supply to the ciliary ganglion?

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Occulomotor nerve

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6
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Where does the ciliary ganglion lie?

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In the oribital cavity, lateral to optic nerve

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Where does the pterygopalatine ganglion lie?

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Pteryopalatine fossa near maxillary nerve

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What does the pterygopalatine ganglion supply and via what route?

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The lacrimal duct

Via zygomatic Vii and lacrimal vi

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What nerve does the pterygopalatine ganglion arise from?

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The facial nerve via greater petrosal nerve

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Where is the submandibular ganglion?

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Between submandibular and sublingual glands

Near lingual nerve, underneath the bottom molars

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What does the submandibular ganglion supply and via what route?

A

Submandibular and sublingual salivary glands
Via the lingual nerve
Chorda tympani to the submandibular ganglion

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12
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What nerve supplies the submandibular ganglion?

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The facial nerve

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13
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What nerve supplies the otic ganglion?

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The glossopharyngeal nerve

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What does the otic ganglion supply and via what route?

A

Parotid gland

Via the auriculotemporal nerve

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15
Q

Where is the otic ganglion?

A

Near the internal carotid artery in front of the ear

Near the auriculotemporal nerve

16
Q

Where does the vagus nerve synapse?

A

In huge effector organ

17
Q

What ps does the vagus nerve supply in the head and neck?

A

Trachea
Oesophagus
Larynx

18
Q

Where does the preganglionic neurones of the sympathetic nervous system arise?

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In the lateral horns of the spinal cord

19
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Where do the postganglionic neurones of the sympathetic nervous system arise?

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In the prevertebral or Paravertebral chains

20
Q

What are the nerve routes that supply the sympathetic head and neck?

A

T1-T4

21
Q

Where are the ganglia that supply the head and neck and how many are there?

A

3

In the cervical region although they do not arise here

22
Q

What are the ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system to the head and neck?

A

Superior cervical
Middle cervical
Inferior cervical

23
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Where is the superior cervical ganglion?

A

Anterior to C1-C4

24
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What does the superior cervical ganglion supply?

A

Dilator pupillae
Nasal glands
Glands of the oral cavity
Parotid

25
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By what route does the sympathetic supply from the superior cervical ganglion travel?

A

Via the internal and external carotids
Cardiac plexus
C1-C4
Pharyngeal plexus

26
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How does sympathetic innervation get to the parotid gland?

A

Via the middle menangial artery

27
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How does sympathetic innervation get to the orbit and eyeball?

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Via the opthalmic artery

28
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How does sympathetic innervation get to the glands of nose and oral cavity?

A

Via the facial artery

29
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Where is the middle cervical ganglion?

A

Anterior to C6

30
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What route does the sympathetic supply from the middle cervical ganglion get to its targets?

A

Inferior thyroid artery

Cardiac plexus

31
Q

To what does the sympathetic from the middle cervical ganglion carry?

A

The larynx, trachea, oesophagus

32
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What route does the sympathetics from the inferior cervical ganglion get to its targets?

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Via the vertebral arteries, subclavian artery and carotid plexus

33
Q

What does the inferior cervical artery sometimes fuse to form?

A

The cervicothoracic ganglion

34
Q

What does the internal carotid plexus pass sympathetics to?

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Abducens
Trochlear
Occulomotor
Pterygopalatine ganglion
Hypoglossal nerves
Opthalmic nerves

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