Exam 2 Flashcards
cranio-sacral
parasympathetic
thoraco-lumbar
sympathetic
sympathetic postganglionic neurons release_______to activate trarget tissues
norepinephine
sympathetic pregangionic neurons are located where?
T1-L2
parasympathetic neurons postganglionnic neurons release _____to activate target tissues
acetylcholine
To activate post ganglionic neurons both the sympathetic and parasympathetic preganglionic neurons release_________
Acetylcholine
What does Atropine Block?
Muscaric receptors
How does the ANS control homeostasis?
Subconscious reflexes
What do hard wired reflex circuits contain?
sensory neurons, integrative center, effector branch (preganganglionic postganglionic)
How is the autonomic part of GI system controlled?
Short reflexes
what part of the ANS controls pupil constriction?
parasympathtic
What part of the ANS controls pupil dilation?
sympathetic
In the pupilry light reflex, what does bright light stimulate?
neuron in pretectal nucleus