Autonomic Nervous System Drugs Flashcards
What is Autonomic Nervous System Drugs (ANS)?
Is a control that mostly operates automatically and manages body processes like heart rate, digestion, respiration, pupillary response, urination, and sexual arousal.
Sends impulses to the CN
Afferent
How does the drug activate? The theory of receptor
Reversible interactions between drugs and receptors result in a change in the receptor’s state.
Receives and sends impulses via cells of the effector organs via the spinal cord
Efferent
How is the parasympathetic nervous system triggered?
To relax, practice deep abdominal breathing techniques. Because it activates your parasympathetic nervous system, breathing via your diaphragm can help you feel relaxed fast. Place your palm on your stomach and then inhale deeply. As you inhale deeply, your stomach should start to rise. Hold your breath for a few seconds once your lungs are full, then gently let it out.
Define Pharmacologic Effect
When autonomic medications are used, the intention is to address target organ dysfunction rather than an autonomic condition.
What is the Nervous System?
The brain, spinal cord, and nerves make up the nervous system. It greatly affects how you feel and think, as well as how your body behaves. It allows you to do things like walk, speak, swallow, breathe and learn. It also regulates the body’s emergency response.
Give the two main parts of the Nervous System.
Central Nervous System
Peripheral Nervous System
The parts of the nervous system are:
Brain, Spinal Chord, Nerves, Sensory Organs
Therapists benefit from learning about the nervous system because:
Understand the effects stress has on our body
The name of a nerve cell is?
Neuron
When two Neurons meet the chemical ACH is released, the gap between the two cells is called….
Synapses
The brain and spinal chord make up the primary control system, which is…
Central Nervous System
All of the nerves outside of the central nervous system are part of the peripheral nervous system.
True
Axons, dendrites, and the nucleus make up a nerve cell. Describe dendrites.
They are nerve fibres
