Autonomic Nervous System drugs Flashcards

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Autonomic Nervous System

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The part of the body’s peripheral nervoussystem that regulates visceral functions including digestion, breathing, and heart rate, among other things.

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Afferent

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Designed from the beginning to respond to a wide variety of different stimuli.

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Efferent

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Transferring neural impulses out from the central nervous system and into the muscles such that movement may be produced by doing so.

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Fight or Flight Response

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A response that is completely automatic to a tense and perhaps life-threatening circumstance.

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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Helps your body get ready for the mental and physical activities that lies ahead.

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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Helps the body return to a state of peace and composure while also preventing it from overworking itself.

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Adrenergic Agonist

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Adrenergic bronchodilators are prescription drugs that activate nerves throughout the body, with a variety of effects.

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Adrenergic Antagonist

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These medications may be used to treat the symptoms of an enlarged prostate in addition to lowering blood pressure.

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Cholinergic Agonist

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The same cellular receptor region where ACh works is also used by cholinergic agonists, which causes some of the same bodily reactions.

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Cholinergic Antagonist

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Agents that bind to cholinergic receptors and block the effects of acetylcholine and other cholinergic agonists are referred to as cholinergic antagonists.

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Pharmacological Effect

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Refers to drugs beneficial impacts on the body and therapeutic benefits are how they function.

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Catecholamines

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Any of the several naturally occurring amines that the body uses as hormones and neurotransmitters.

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Non Catecholamines

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Non catecholamines cause the sympathetic nervous system to be stimulated, which has a number of physiological consequences.

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Acetylcholine

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A somatic and parasympathetic nervous system neurotransmitter that is a choline derivative that is released at the terminals of nerve fibers.

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Carbachol

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Increases the quantity of fluid that drains from the eye, reducing pressure within the eye.

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Pilocarpine

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A medication that activates nerve fibers and is used as a miotic and to treat glaucoma.

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Bethanechol

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A cholinergic agonist and prokinetic substance used as a smooth muscle relaxant to treat urinary retention in the form of the chloride salt.

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Prolong Apnea

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May be fatal, come from a stroke or transient ischemic attack, be a side effect of certain medications, or be caused by a blockage of the airway.

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Hyperkalemia

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An abnormally high amounts of potassium in extracellular fluid.

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Malignant Hyperthermia

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A hereditary disease of the skeletal muscle causes a hypermetabolic response that might be deadly.