Autonomic Nervous System Drugs Flashcards
What is the meaning of the term “ANS”
Autonomic Nervous System
A system that serves as the master controller of most activities in our body
Nervous System
What are the 2 parts of the Nervous System
Central and Peripheral Nervous System
This system includes your brain and spinal cord
Central Nervous System
One of the components that detect changes outside and inside of your body on which impulses going inwards
Afferent/ Sensory
This is where your nervous system will send out response based on the analyzed stimulus and it’s going outward
Efferent/ Motor
Autonomic Nervous System is divided further into 2 parts, what it is?
Sympathetic/Adrenergic & Parasympathetic/Cholinergic
This is the drugs that refer to medication that affects your parasympathetic nervous system
Parasympathetic/Cholinergic
A composition of different nerves that provides voluntary control of skeletal muscles
Somatic Nervous System/ SNS
How many terminal we have in the Synaptic Transmission
2 Terminal - Presynaptic Nerve & Post Synaptic Cell
How many steps are there in Synaptic Transmission
5 Steps
Give the Steps of Synaptic Transmission in chronological arrangements
- Synthesis of the Neurotransmitter
- Storage of Neurotransmitters
- Release of the Neurotransmitters
- Action at the Receptor
- Termination of Transmission
This is one of the 3 ways to terminate also known as “5B”
Enzymatic Degradation
Give the 2 type of response
Fight or Flight Response
This is part of the Receptor theory also known as “the lock”
The Receptor
