AUTONOMIC NS Flashcards
Involuntary body functions =____
Voluntary body functions = _____
Autonomous
Somatic
What are the 2 divisions of the autonomic nervous system ?
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
_______ is a dynamic balance between the autonomic branches
Homeostasis
Rest and digest : _______
Parasympathetic
Fight or flight = ____
Sympathetic
The basic structure of an autonomic pathway consists of the CNS to _______ before reaching the target tissue
Autonomic ganglion
What Autonomic control centre in the brain :
-Water balance
-Temperature
- hunger
Hypothalamus
What Autonomic control centre in the brain :
- pupillary reflex
Midbrain
What Autonomic control centre in the brain :
-Respiration
-urinary bladder
Pons
What Autonomic control centre in the brain :
-respiration
- cardiac
-vomiting
-swallowing
Medulla
What Autonomic control centre in the brain :
-visceral reflex
Spinal cord
Autonomic pathways consist of 2 neurons that synapse in an autonomic ganglion, what are these called ?
Preganglionic
Post ganglionic
At the target organ, the sympathetic nerves use _____ and the parasympathetic nerves use ____ to induce actions
norepinephrine
Acetylcholine
Sympathetic pathways originate in the ___ and ____ region of spinal cord this system provides sympathetic innervation of the entire body
Thoracic
Lumbar
_____ neurons are in spina cord segments T1-L2
Preganglionic