Autonomic Nervous System

Question 1

The Autonomic Nervous System

operates ?
regulates ?
innervates ?
-... glands
-...system 
-...system 
-... functions 
...function 
...responses

Answer 1

outside of conscious control

our internal organs

glands, smooth muscles, and cardiac muscle

• secretory
• vascular
• respiratory
• digestive and metabolic
• urologic
• sexual

Question 2

2 main divisions of the ANS

Answer 2

sympathetic:
rapidly mobilizes body for short time
fight or flight

parasympathetic:

• works calmly for long term needs
• rest and digest or feed and breed

Question 3

these systems

Answer 3

work together and are reciprocals

Question 4

Parasympathetic: which regions

Sympathetic: which regions

Answer 4

cranial and sacral

thoracic and lumbar

Question 5

ANS has a ?
ANS has
2 synapses before ?
location of postganglionic neurons differ depending on ?

Answer 5

2 neuron pathway: pre and post ganglionic cells

reaching target
-pre ganglionic neuron extends from CNS and synapses on the post ganglionic neuron which will innervate the effector

if part of sympathetic or parasympathetic

Question 6

Sympathetic has a ?

Parasympathetic has a ?

Answer 6

short preganglionic neuron
long postganglionic neuron

long pre gang and short post gang/

Question 7

Somatic has a

autonomic has

Answer 7

single neuron from CNS to target

2 neuron chain from CNS to target

Question 8

Different regions of the CNS have

the … ,…., and… cooperate too ?

Answer 8

responsibility for different functions

cerebral cortex, limbic system, hypothalamus and brainstem / initiate autonomic motor commands

Question 9

Hypothalamus

sends signals to

regulates

influences

involved in

Answer 9

autonomic nervous system

homeostasis and hormones

hormone release via pituitary gland

4 F’s fighting , fleeing, feeding, fornication