Disorders of the ANS

Question 1

What is vasovagal syncope?

Answer 1

FAINTING

Question 2

What is vasovagal syncope marked by?

Answer 2

SLOW PULSE
FALL IN BP
SOMETIMES CONVULSIONS

Question 3

Name the two most common triggers of vasovagal syncope?

Answer 3

ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION - BP drop after standing fast
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POSTPRANDIAL HYPOTENSION - BP drop within hour of eating meal (elderly)

Question 4

What triggers postprandial hypotension after a meal?

Answer 4

SPLANCHNIC BLOOD POOLING DURING DIGESTION

Question 5

What triggers orthostatic hypotension?

Answer 5

LOWER LIMB BLOOD POOLING

Question 6

Name the syncope that follows rapid emptying of the urinary bladder?

Answer 6

MICTURATION SYNCOPE

Question 7

_____________ syndrome is a combo of symptoms that arises when the sympathetic trunk is damaged.

Answer 7

HORNER’S SYNDROME

Question 8

True or False

The signs and symptoms of Horner’s Syndrome occur on the same side as the lesion of the sympathetic trunk.

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

Name the 4 characterizations of Horner’s syndrome?

Answer 9

MIOSIS - constricted pupil
PARTIAL PTOSIS - weak, droopy eyelid
ANHIDROSIS - decreased sweating
+- ENOPHTHALMOS - inset eyeball

Question 10

What does damage to the superior cervical ganglion result in?

Answer 10

HORNER’S SYNDROME