autonomics Flashcards
sympathetic efferents
vasoconstriction
contraction of sphincter mm
inhibition of peristalsis
inhibition of glandular secretions
parasympathetic efferents
vasodilation
peristalsis
contraction of detrusor m of bladder an myometrial m of uterus
inferior hypgastric plexus
continuation of superior plexus via hypogastric nn
located along lateral surfaced of rectum and pelvic viscera
contains parasympathetics and sympathetic fibers
subsidiary plexuses
rectal vesicle uterovaginal prostatic carry fibers to visera
parasympathetics originate
lateral horns S2-4
fibers exit w/ventral root and leave the ventral ramus as pelvic splanchnics
pelvic splanchnics
distribute w/inferior hypogastric and subsidiary plexuses to pelvic and perineal organs
ganglia impar
where right and left sympathetic trunks merge
lumbar splanchnics
preganglionic neurons located in lateral horn at spinal levels T11-12
enter chain, do not synapse, exit as lumbar splanchnics
enter intermesenteric and superior hypogastric plexuses to synapse w/postganglionics
major supply to pelvis
hypogastric nn
postganglionics
travel from superior to inferior hypogastric plexus
then spread via pelvic viscera via subsidiary plexuses of inferior hypogastric plexus
sacral splanchnics
preganglionic neurons from spinal levels T12-L2
fibers descend w/in chain to sacral levels and exit w/o synapsing as sacral splanchnics
enter inferior hypogastric plexus and synapse
spred via subsidiary plexuses
minor innervation of pelvis
perineal innervation
parasympathetics from cavernous plexus thru pudendal n
sympathetics in pudendal n
provides innervation to erectile tissues, urethral mucosa, and glands
cavernous plexus
continuation of uterovaginal/prostatic plexuses
urinary bladder
inferior hypogastric plexus -> vesicle plexus
sympathetic innervation urinary bladder
T10-L2 via lumbar and sacral splanchnics, contraction of trigonal m and smooth m of sphincter, urethrae mechanism, and vasomotor
parasympathetic innervation urinary bladder
S2-4 via pelvic splanchnics
contraction of detrusor m
urethra
inferior hypogastric plexus -> prostatic or vesicle plexus
innervation of perineal urethra is via pudendal n