Drive - autonomic regulation

Question 1

What transmitter is used in the parasympathetic stimulation of the lungs

Answer 1

Acetylcholine

Question 2

What innervates the lungs with parasympathetic stimulation?

Answer 2

Vagus cranial nerve (CN 10)

Question 3

What (specifically) does the parasympathetic stimulation innervate?

Answer 3

vasculature, glands and airways.

Question 4

What type of receptor does acetylcholine interact (and what does this mean)?

Answer 4

Muscarinic cholinergic receptors

provide a general level of intrinsic muscle tone

Question 5

What does too much parasympathetic activation of the lungs result in?

Answer 5

Bronchoconstriction

Question 6

What is the neurotransmitter involved in the sympathetic stimulation of the lungs?

Answer 6

Noradrenaline

Question 7

What (specifically) does the sympathetic stimulation of the lungs in the innervate?

Answer 7

Vasculature and glands

Nb does not directly innervate airways