Autonomic Nervous System drugs Flashcards
The nervous system is divided into two parts, what are those?
Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System
It is a composition of different nerves in your body that provides voluntary control of your skeletal muscles.
Somatic Nervous System
What do you call the medication that will affect your Sympathetic Nervous System?
Adrenergic Drugs
It is a medication that will affect your Parasympathetic Nervous System
Cholinergic Drugs
These are the chemicals that are produced by your CNS and your ANS to communicate with each other.
Neurotransmitters
What is the step first of Synaptic Transmission?
Synthesis
Why Sympathetic need to be in the middle?
To have an immediate effect
Sympathetic means?
Feeling together
It has a longer preganglionic fiber but a shorter postganglionic fiber
Parasympathetic
It is the Terminal Neurotransmitter.
Acetylcholine
What are the receptor organ cells of the Parasympathetic Nervous System?
Nicotinic and Muscarinic
It is an enzyme that inactivates acetylcholine before reaching organ cells.
Acetylcholinesterase
(SYMPA OR PARASYMPA)
Decreases heart rate
PARASYMPA
(SYMPA OR PARASYMPA)
Increases peristalsis
PARASYMPA
(SYMPA OR PARASYMPA)
Pupil dilates
SYMPA
