Chapter 8 Flashcards
Two categories of motor division
Somatic and autonomic
Divisions of autonomic nervous system
Parasympathetic and sympathetic
Craniosacral
Parasympathetic
Regions where nerves arise
Thoracolumbar
Sympathetic
Regions where nerves arise
Chain ganglion extend a little past these
Parasympathetic
1.Rest and digest
Responsible for constriction of eyes
Parasympathetic
Responsible for slowing heart rate
Parasympathetic
Which division constricts bronchial tubules?
Parasympathetic
Which division stimulates bile release from liver
Parasympathetic
Which division causes blood vessels to constrict
sympathetic
Which division stimulates digestive activity?
Parasympathetic
Which division causes the uterus to relax?
Parasympathetic
Which division causes the urinary system to increase urinary output?
Parasympathetic
Which division causes pupils to dilate?
Sympathetic
Which division increases heartbeat
Sympathetic
Which division dilates the bronchial tubules
Sympathetic
Which division stimulates the secretion of sweat ?
Sympathetic
Which division increases the rate of glycogen to glucose in liver?
Sympathetic
Which division decreases the activity of the digestive system?
Sympathetic
Which division stimulates the production of adrenaline and non adrenaline via the adrenal glands?
Sympathetic
Which division causes vaginal contractions?
Sympathetic
Which division relaxes the bladder?
Sympathetic
Bile
Made by liver, secreted by duodenum of small intestines.
Help emulsify fats
Gives more surface area which makes them easier to break down.
How do blood vessels constrict?
Made of smooth muscle. Causes diameter of arteries to narrow
Layers of smooth muscle in digestive system
Inner circular layer
Outer longitudinal layer helps push food
Makes up 90% of neurons in the parasympathetic nervous system
Vagus
Chain ganglion
Rows on either side of spinal cord parallel
Differences in structure parasympathetic and sympathetic
Sympathetic :Short piece of neuron goes into ganglion, attaches to chain. Longer piece of ganglion goes to target organ
In parasympathetic, longer run from spinal cord to ganglion and then shorter run to target organ.
Polysaccharide in human body that’s used to store glucose
Glycogen
Where is glycogen stored?
In liver and skeletal muscles
Why are sympathetic and parasympathetic always at tug of war?
Depends on the amount of energy needed for certain activities.
Channel energy and extra blood flow to areas where it’s needed
NT for parasympathetic division?
Acetylcholine, also signals skeletal muscle contractions
NT for sympathetic division?
Norepinephrine
Both systems innervate a lot of the same organs but they don’t get activated at the same time because
They are controlled by different neurotransmitters
Why are sympathetic and parasympathetic at tug of war
They go off at same time but are controlled by different neurotransmitters
Autonomic tone
The dominance of either the sympathetic or parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous systems
Sympathetic tone
Dominance of sympathetic nervous system
Dysautonomia
Body does not send appropriate sympathetic or parasympathetic messages
Dysfunction of certain target muscles or glands
Nuclei
Pocket of cell bodies embedded in white matter
CN3
Constrict pupil
Smooth muscle iris of eye
Accomodation
Muscles of ciliary body in eye are in suspensory ligaments that change shape of lens in eye
Helps maintain clear vision far away and close up
Gets harder with age
CN5
Stimulates lacrimal gland
Mucous membrane
Sub maxillary gland
Sublingual gland
Gland that is only sympathetic
Adrenal
Ejaculation is
Sympathetic
Which cranial nerves are part of parasympathetic division?
3,7,9,10
S4
In parasympathetic nervous system
Long, pre-synaptic ganglion and short post-synaptic ganglion
Opposite of sympathetic
3 things chain ganglia can do
1.Central neuron synapses with a ganglion at the same level within the chain ganglia
- Central neuron synapses within a more superior or inferior ganglion in the chain
- Central neuron projects through the white ramus but does not synapse in a chain ganglion. Instead it continues through one of the splanchnic nerves to synapse within a pre vertebral ganglion
Ganglion
Cell bodies that are synapsing with neurons that are headed downstream target effectors
Autonomic varicosities
Knob swellings of certain autonomic axons containing mitochondria and synaptic vesicles
Exist in series in autonomic motor neuron.
Which ganglion is myelinated?
Presynaptic, post synaptic is not
How do varicosities work?
1.As AP arrives to first varicosity, its going to release NT
- NT moves across ECF to bind to ligand receptors on target effector in smooth muscle
- AP moves past the varicosity to hit next one and release more NT
Autonomic efferent motor pathway
- Autonomic presynaptic axon is myelinated .
- Central neuron synapses with the ganglionic neuron.
- Post synaptic or post ganglionic neuron has varicosities and releases neurotransmitters down the line. Bind with ligand gated channels on smooth muscle cells
Somatic efferent pathway
- Leaves ventral root through very long axon.
- Reaches skeletal muscle cell and ends in synaptic knob, which releases acetylcholine which has ligand gated sodium channels on surface of sarcolemma. Lets Na rush into muscle cell
What leaves ventral root?
Motor neuron
Shooting pain that leaves left arm and upper back?
Heart attack
Myocardial infarction
Blockage in coronary artery that feeds heart muscle leads to lack of blood flow
Ischemia
Lack of blood flow
Hypoxia
Lack of oxygen
Leads to permanent death
Why do people experience pain in their left arm when Myocardial infarction
Sensory neuron picks up trouble in heart. Autonomic sensory neurons are very close to eachother
Heart sensory fiber that is sensing damage to heart is also causing the sensory pain fiber in the skin to fire. Think about wiring where if wire isn’t insulated, electrical charge may jump
Refered pain
Feeling pain in a region besides location of affected structure
Autonomic reflexes
Long or short
Long autonomic reflex
Goes all the way through spinal cord
- Sensory receptor cell is myelinated. Travels down axon
- Signal travels through dorsal root ganglion. Synapses with unipolar neuron cell body..
- Unipolar cell body synapses with motor neuron. Motor neuron goes out to preganglionic neuron
- Goes to post-ganglionic neuron synapse
- Goes to target effector
Short reflex
Does not go back to spinal cord
1. Sensory receptor cell
2. Sensory receptor cell synapses with motor neuron in peripheral ganglion
Peripheral nervous system parts
Cranial nerves
Spinal nerves
Ganglia
Which muscles cause pupil constriction?
Circular muscles
Which muscles cause pupil dilation
Radial muscles
Mydriasis
Sympathetic system causes dilation when norepinephrine binds to an adrenergic receptor in radial muscle of iris (smooth muscle)
Phenylephrine
Dilates eyes using drops
Limbic lobe function
Memory and emotional value added to memory
Formation of long term memories