Autonomics Flashcards
Where are the cell bodies for the Sympathetic Nervous System found? for PARASYMPATHETIC?
- IML (in the horn)
2. Brain stem and S2, S3, and S4.
Short arms/ long fingers is in regards to what Autonomic system? Where do pre-ganglionic fibers enter?
SYMPATHETIC = short pre-ganglionics that are mylented and WHITE (post ganglionics are long and unmylenated - GRAY)
- ENTER VIA VENTRAL ROOT
Describe the pre-ganglionic fibers of the SYMPATHETIC system:
Preganglionic fibers may:
- Synapse with one or more neurons in the sympathetic trunk directly across from them;
- Ascend or descend in the trunk before synapsing;
- Pass through the sympathetic trunk and synapse with a collateral ganglion outside the sympathetic trunk; o
- Directly stimulate the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine from the adrenal medulla.
What is responsible for vasomotor tone?
SYMPATHETIC
- shunt blood where you need it
Where are ganglionic neurons located in the SYMPATHETIC system?
Ganglionic neurons are located within the sympathetic chain ganglia or in collateral ganglia outside of the sympathetic trunk.
Pre- ganglionic neurons send fibers through VENTRAL motor ROOT, and enter SPINAL NERVES via _____ rami.
- White rami –> enter the sympathetic trunk
Postganglionic fibers leave the sympathetic trunk through the_____ rami and pass through what before terminating on the effector organ (ex: heart, lungs etc)?
- GRAY rami (white in the trunk, gray out the sympathetic trunk)
- Pass through SPINAL NERVES again
What controls peristalsis? Parasympathetic or Sympathetic?
Parasympathetic
Where do preganglionic fibers travel through? Where do they synapse?
Travel through cranial nerves III, VII, IX, and X, and spinal nerves S2-S4, and synapse with peripheral ganglia located very near or directly on the effector organ. (not near the chain)
Parasympathetic = _________ at both synapses, Sympathetic = ______ at first synapse, ______at second synapse.
- Acetylcholine
- Acetylcholine
- Noradrenaline
(sympathetic = cholinergic 1st, adrenergic second)
What promotes glycogen breakdown, lung contraction (bronchiole dilation), inhibits bladder contraction, and causes blood vessel contraction?
SYMPATHETIC
Where are the splanchnics located?
T5-T12
What are the ganglia for the various Cranial nerves?
3 = ciliary ganglion 7 = Pterygopalatine 7 = Submandibular 9 = Otic ganglion 10 =thoracic and abdominal ganglia + Cardiac Ganglia
The Splanchincs are all sympathetic. True or False?
False. Pelvic Splanchnics are PARASYMPATHETIC (exception to the exception)
Which Sympathetic nerves get lost and don’t synapse until the effector organ? Describe the Splachnic Nerves
Greater, Lesser and Least Splanchnincs
- pass WITHOUT SYNAPSING through the paravertebral ganglia of segments five to nine on either side of the spinal column. The fibres from the ganglia converge to form a nerve which runs inferiorly through the thorax
- 9 Ganglia coalesce to form one nerve trunk