Autonomic Pharmacology Flashcards
What are the three divisions of the peripheral nervous system?
sympathetic
Parasympathetic
Enteric
What neuron type innervates muscles?
Alpha motor neurons
Sympathetic preganglionic fibers are
(LONG/SHORT) compared to sympathetic post-ganglionic fibers?
short
Parasympathetic ganglia cells are clustered where?
Within the walls of organs
Which are longer in the parasympathetic system: pre or post-synaptic ganglia?
Presynaptic
What is the one exception to the two neuron organization of the ANS?
adrenal medulla
The response to a stimulus in the somatic nervous system is always (excitatory/inhibitory)?
Excitatory
True or false: responses to a stimulus in the ANS can either be excitatory or inhibitory
True
What are the fibers that comprise the autonomic ganglia?
B fibers
Why is visceral pain usually dull, and poorly localized?
A preganglionic
axon diverges to an average of 8 – 9 post ganglionic neurons
The cell bodies of the preganglionic neurons of the sympathetic pathway are housed where?
In the intermediolateral columns or some ganglia of CNs
The intermediolateral columns run from where to where?
T1-L3,4
There are generally three places that house postganglionic neurons in the sympathetic pathway. What are they?
paravertebral ganglia
Specialized ganglia
Straight to organ
What are the two divisions of the parasympathetic division of the ANS?
Cranio-sacral
Which CNs are a part of the cranial outflow of ANS?
III
VII
IX
X
parasympathetic fibers destined for the pelvic and abdominal viscera emerge from the spinal cord in a bundle of nerves known as what?
the nervi erigentes
What is the ENS division of the ANS?
runs in the layers of the GI tract
What is the myenteric or Auerbach’s plexus?
lies between the external longitudinal and the deeper circular
smooth muscle layer
What does the myenteric/auerbach’s plexus control?
GI motility
The submucosal or Meissner’s plexus lies between what two parts of the GI tract?
between the circular muscularis mucosae
What does submucosal/Meissner’s plexus control?
Ion and fluid movements
What is CN III ganglion?
ciliary
What are CN VII’s two ganglions?
sphenopalatine
Submaxillary
What is CN IX’s ganglion?
otic
True or false: most organs receive both sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation
True
What are the three major organs that do not receive dual innervation from the ANS?
Liver
Kidneys
Adrenal glands
All somatic nerves release what neurotransmitter?
ACh
All preganglionic fibers in the ANS release what neurotransmitter?
ACh
Parasympathetic, postganglionic fibers release what neurotransmitter?
ACh
Sympathetic postganglionic fibers release what neurotransmitter?
Adrenergic
What is the one sympathetic fiber that releases ACh?
Sweat glands
What are cotransmitters?
Neurons release more than one transmitter, each of which interact with specific
receptors and produces effects, often both pre- and post-synaptically.
True or false: hair follicles and thermoregulatory sweat glands only receive sympathetic innervation
True
True or false: ALL preganglionic fibers release ACh
True
What is secreted from the adrenal medulla?
Epi
NE
Muscarinic receptors use what neurotransmitter?
ACh