Autonomic nervous system

Question 1

somatic and visceral afferent systems involve one neuron with the cell body in the _____. the somatic efferent system has one neuron with the cell bodies in the _____

Answer 1

dorsal root ganglion

ventral horn of the spinal cord

Question 2

the autonomic system is visceral efferent and it involves _____ neurons, there is a preganglionic with the cell body in the _____, the synapse at the ____, and the postganglionic neuron goes to the ____

Answer 2

two

ventral horn

ganglion

target organ

Question 3

the parasympathetic system emerges from the _____. the ganglion is ____ to the target organ, and the length of the postganglionic neruon is ____

Answer 3

head and the sacrum, craniosacral outflow

close or on, short

Question 4

the sympatheitc system originiates from the _____, the preganglionic fibers are in the ____. the preganglionic nerve makes its way to the _____, where 3 things can happen. They are: ____.

Answer 4

thoracic and lumbar region

spinal column/nerves

sympathetic trunk

1. synpase, causing the daisy chain ganglion
2. go cranial or caudal to other ganglia
3. pass through the ganglia

Question 5

if the preganglionic neruons of the sympatheitc system synpase in the sympathetic trunk (days chain), we call this _____

Answer 5

paravertebral ganglion