Autonomic NS Flashcards
1
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Two types of nervous system
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CNS and peripheral
2
Q
Peripheral include what neurons
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afferent neurons (sensory) and efferent neurons (motor)
3
Q
Peripheral divides into
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Somatic (voluntary) and Automatic Nervous System (or ANS) (involuntary)
4
Q
ANS divides into
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Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
5
Q
Characteristics of sympathetic system
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- Use norepinephrine or noradrenaline
- Fight or Flight response (Intense)
- Motor neuron in the Thoracic lumbar region of spinal cord
- Pre short , post long
6
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Characteristics of parasympathetic system
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- Use ACH(acetylcholine)
- Rest and Digest (Chill)
- Motor neuron in the brain stem and sacral area of SC
- Ganglia close to the organ
- Pre long , post short
7
Q
What is ganglia
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Ganglia is a collection of soma/nucleus
It is a relay station for regulation
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