Autonomic Nervous System Flashcards
-Controls cardiac and smooth muscles and glands
-Controls involuntary responses
-Helps maintain homeostasis
-Primarily innervates
Autonomic nervous system
What are the 2 divisions of the autonomic nervous system
Sympathetic nervous system
Parasympathetic nervous system
Associated with fight or flight responses
Sympathetic nervous system
Associated with rest and digest responses
Parasympathetic nervous system
Most organs receive what type of innervation
Dual innervation from both divisions
Responds to a threat to our homeostasis or enables survival
Sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
What are the responses of the sympathetic nervous system (5) examples
1.Increases oxygen delivered to skeletal muscle
2.Increases sweating
3.Blood is shifted away from the digestive system and toward skeletal muscle
4.Pupils dilate
5.brain becomes alert
Preganglionic cell bodies in thoracic and lumber regions of spinal cord
Sympathetic pathways
Where are the Synapse with postganglionic neurons cell bodies located in?
Sympathetic chain ganglia
How many Ganglia are next located to vertebral column
23
Short preganglionic axons project through __________ and ___________
White rami communicantes and can synapse
Short preganglionic axons project through White rami communicantes and can synapse are found at these 3.
At the ganglion at the same level
At a more Superior or inferior ganglion
At prevertebral ganglia or the adrenal medulla
Long postganglionic axons project to _________ through ______________
Target effector
Gray rami communicantes
Helps regulate activities in abdominal organs and is located in anterior vertebral column
Collateral Ganglia
What is part of the collateral Ganglia?
(3)
Celiac ganglion, superior mesenteric ganglion and inferior mesenteric ganglion
The sympathetic pathways is also called as the
Thoracolumbar system
What is the other name for collateral ganglia
Prevertebral ganglia
The collateral ganglia is also part of the _____________________
Enteric nervous system
Where does the collateral ganglia receive input from?
Splanchnic nerves and central sympathetic neurons
What is in the lateral horn of the thoracic or lumbar region in the spinal cord
Cell body of the Preganglionic neurons
What are the neurotransmitters of the sympathetic nervous system
Acetylcholine and norepinephrine
This Neurotransmitter is Used at the synapse of the sympathetic preganglionic and postganglionic neurons
Acetylcholine
Released by postganglionic neurons onto the target cells
Norepinephrine
Activation of the sympathetic NS can cause ________ in the _________
hormone release
adrenal medulla
What is the other name for epinephrine
Adrenaline
What is the other name for norepinephrine
Noradrenaline
Where does the Pre ganglionic axons terminate
-no ganglion involved
adrenal medulla
____________ releases hormones directly into the blood
Postganglionic neurons
-Activates when the body is not stressed or under a threat
-Controls rest and digest
Parasympathetic Division of the Autonomic nervous system
What activities are under the parasympathetic division? (6)
Salivation
Lacrimation
Urination
Digestion
Defacation
Sexual arousal
Cell bodies of preganglionic neurons located brain stem and sacral spinal cord
Parasympathetic pathways
The parasympathetic pathways is also called as the
Craniosacral system
Long preganglionic neurons project to effector through _________ and ________
Cranial nerves and spinal nerves
Synapse with post ganglionic cell bodies near or in effector are located in the ______________
Terminal or intramural ganglia