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Autonomic Nervous System Flashcards

1
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What does the autonomic nervous system divide into?

A

Sympathetic and Parasympathetic

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2
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What does the somatic nervous system divide into?

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Sensory (afferent) & Motor (efferent)

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3
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What does the CNS develop from?

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Neural tube

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4
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Where does the PNS develop from?

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Develop from neural crest and CNS outgrowths

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5
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Receives information from and responds to external world

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Somatic

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6
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Innervates structures that develop from somites

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Somatic (Body)

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7
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Innervates organ systems & its elements

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Visceral (Organs)

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8
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Detects and responds to information within body

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Visceral (Organs)

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9
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What nervous system is excitatory?

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Somatic

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10
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Stimulation of the axon/nerve results in the activation of a particular action

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Somatic NS

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Concerned with conscious sensation and response usually via striated muscle and contains parts of the CNS and PNS

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Somatic NS

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Provides sensory and motor innervation to all parts of the body except: viscera, smooth and cardiac muscle, & glands.

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Somatic NS

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13
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Our autonomic NS and in generally concerned with sensations of our internal body and actions via smooth muscles and glands

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Visceral NS

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14
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Provides efferent involuntary motor innervation to smooth muscle, the conducting system of the heart, and glands

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Visceral NS

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Provides afferent sensory innervation from the viscera (pain and autonomic reflexes)

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Visceral NS

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16
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Can be excitatory of inhibitory when stimulated

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ANS

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17
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Group of cell bodies in CNS

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Nucleus

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18
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Group of cell bodies in PNS

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Ganglion

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19
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Glia in CNS

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Astrocyte
Oligodendroglia
Microglia

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20
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Glia in PNS

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Schwann cell

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21
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Another name for schwann cell

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Neurilemmal cell

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22
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Visceral portion of the NS which has sensory or afferent fibers

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Autonomic NS

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23
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Monitors changes to the viscera. Arise from the neural crest

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General Visceral Afferent

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24
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2 neuron chain

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General Visceral efferent

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25
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What spinal levels are sympathetic?

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T1-L2 (3)

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26
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Supply/innervate peripheral glands, smooth muscle and other viscera

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Sympathetic

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27
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What is parasympathetic associated with?

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Cranial nerves (III, VII, IX, &X)
S2-S4
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28
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Supply and innervate peripheral viscera

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Parasympathetic

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29
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Neurons in the walls of the alimentary canal controlling motility (contractions of the gut wall), exocrine and endocrine secretions, & blood flow thru the gastrointestinal tract, it also regulates immunological and inflammatory processes.

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Enteric

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30
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What connections are between the enteric system and the CNS

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Parasympathetic and sympathetic

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31
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Paravertebral sympathetic trunk

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Sympathetic chain

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32
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Para-aortic ganglia, abdomen and pelvic

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Pre-vertebral ganglia

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33
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Preganglionic cells of sympathetic

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T1-L2 (thoracolumbar)

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34
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Postganglionic sympathetic

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  • Sympathetic chain

- Prevertebral chain ganglia via splanchnic nn

35
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Pre ganglionic cells of parasympathetic

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CNs
S2-S4
Craniosacral

36
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Postganglionic parasympathetic

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4 cranial ganglia

Ganglia with organs

37
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Name the collateral ganglia pairs/ prevertebral ganglia

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  • Celiac
  • Superior mesenteric
  • Aorticorenal
  • Inferior mesenteric
38
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  1. Ascend then synapse
  2. Synapse at level of exit
  3. Descend then synapse
  4. Pass through without synapsing
A

4 options once presynaptic fiber enters the chain

39
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  • Innervation of the head
  • Cervical cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerves
  • Spinal nerves to neck, upper trunk & upper limb
A

Ascend then synapse

40
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  • Thoracic cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerves

- Spinal nerves to middle trunk

A

Synapse at level of exit

41
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Spinal nerves to lower trunk & lower limb

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Descend then synapse

42
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Innervation of abdominopelvic viscera

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Pass through without synapsing

43
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Somatic innervation

A

Sacral plexus

44
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Sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation

A

Autonomic plexuses

45
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What fibers does the hypogastric plexus contain?

A

Sympathetic and parasympathetic

46
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What does the hypogastric plexus cover?

A

Birfucation of aorta and upper sacrum

47
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Where are sympathetic post ganglionic cell bodies found?

A
  • Sympathetic chain

- Collateral ganglia

48
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Example of collateral ganglia

A
  • Superior meseteric
  • Celiac
  • Inferior Mesenteric
  • Aoritcorenal
49
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Where are chromaffin cells found?

A

Adrenal medulla

50
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Modification of post synaptic sympathetic cell

A

Chromaffin cell

51
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Where are sympathetic preganglionic cell bodies found in what regon

A

Lateral horn or intermedial cell column

52
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How do prevertebral ganglia arrive?

A

Via splanchnic nerve

53
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Where are postganglioic cell body location?

A

Prevertebral plexus

54
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What joins to make spinal nerve?

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Dorsal and ventral root

55
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What does spinal nerve divide into?

A

Dorsal and ventral ramus

56
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White ramus

A

Preganglionic sympathetic

57
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Grey ramus

A

Post ganglionic sympathetic

58
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What are the levels that sympathetics can synapse

A

C2-C8
T1-L2
L3-Co

59
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Pass through chain without synapsing

A

Splanchnic nerves

60
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Superior mesenteric

61
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Inferior mesenteric

62
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T5-T9, goes to celiac ganglion

A

T5-T9, goes to celiac ganglionGreater splanchnic nerve

63
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T10-11, goes to superior meseteric

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Lesser Splanchnic nerve

64
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T12, goes to Aorticorenal

A

Least splanchnic nerve

65
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Where do lumbar splanchnics go?

66
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What do sacral splanchnic serve

A

Pelvic viscera

67
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What cranial nerves are associated with parasympathetic?

A

III, VII, IX, X

68
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Descends and addresses parasympathetics all the way to the proximal 2/3 of the transverse colon

69
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Distal extent of parasympathetic innervation

A

proximal 2/3 of the transverse colon

70
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Come together to form the hypogastric plexus

A

Lumbar and sacral splanchnics

71
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Where does chain ganglia begin to move from lateral to medial?

A

Sacral promentories

72
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Where do sympathetic trunks join?

A

Ganglion impar

73
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Where is the prominent sacral splanchnic nerve which contributes directly to hypogastric plexus?

74
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Where do pelvic splanchnic come from?

A

Ventral ramus

75
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Where does sacral splanchnic come from?

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Sympathetic chain ganglion

76
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Nervous system that is apart of the intestinal tract

A

Enteric NS

77
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Large cells, prominent nuclei, surrounded by a number of schwann cells

A

Submucosa plexus

Meissner’s plexus

78
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How can you identify submucosa plexus?

A

Surrounded by dense irregular CT

79
Q

Plexus that is located between smooth muscle layers (Circular and longitudinal)

A

Myenteric Plexus (Auerbach’s plexus)

80
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What provides parasympathetic innervation to the hindgut?

A

Pelvic splanchnic (Superior hypogastric)

81
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Do sacral splanchnic come off of grey rami?

A

No, they come off directly

82
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Provides parasympathetic innervation to hindgut

A

Superior hypogastric

83
Q

Provides parasympathetic innervation to pelvic viscera

A

Inferior hypogastric

84
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Do kidneys get parasympathetic innervation?

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