Chapter 9 General Principles of Pharmacology

Question 1

Two functional Divisons of the Autonomic Nervous System

Answer 1

Sympathetic & Parasympathetic Nervous System pg 311

Question 2

What Nervous system is responsible for the fight of flight?

Answer 2

Sympathetic NS (function under stress) pg 311

Question 3

Which Nervous system is responsible for the feed or breed resonse.

Answer 3

Parasympathetic NS (controls vegetative functions) pg 311

Question 4

How do the Parasympathetic and the sympathetic nervous systems funstion with each other?

Answer 4

They counter act each other to stay balanced. One will wan to go fast while the other goes slow pg 311

Question 5

Where does the autonomic nervous system start and end

Answer 5

Starts form the Central Nervous System, Exit CNS, enter specialized structures call Autonomic Gangila pg311

Question 6

What do the nerve fibers from the CNS do in the autonomic gangila?

Answer 6

nerve fibers from CNS interact, in the autonomic gangila, with the nerve fibers that target various organs. pg 311

Question 7

What nervous system ganglia is located close to the spinal cord?

Answer 7

Sympathetic NS pg. 311

Question 8

What nervous system ganglia is located close to the target organ?

Answer 8

Parasympathetic NS pg. 311