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Exam 3: Autonomic Nervous System Flashcards

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Autonomic System

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  • System of nerves mediating INVOLUNTARY actions
  • Regulated body organ activity
  • Maintains normal internal functions
  • Allows for varied nervous system responses in times of stress and rest
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What is the Autonomic Nervous system divided into?

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Sympatheic

Parasympathetic

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Includes processes perciveved or controlled consiously

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Somatic Nervous System

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Includes processes regulated below consious level

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Visceral Sensory

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Portion of the Autonomic Nervous System:

detects stimuli from blood vessesl and interal organs

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Somatic Sensory

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Portion of the SNS:

Detects stiuli from special senses, skin, and proprioreceptors also sends infromation to CNS

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Autonomic Motor

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Portion of the ANS:

transmits nerve signals to cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and glands

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Somatic Motor

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Portion of the SNS:

transmits nerve signals from CNS to control skeletal muscles

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Anatomy of ANS:

2 Neuron System

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Preganglionic neuron

Postganglionic neuron

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Preganglionic

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Cell body in the CNS and axon extends to a ganglion

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Postganglionic Neuron

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Cell body in ganglion and axon extends to an effector

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What characterizes the sympathetic division of the ANS?

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Fight of Flight

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What characterizes the parasympathetic division of the ANS?

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Rest and Digest

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  • Preganglionic neuron in brainstem or S2-S4 spinal cord
  • Ganglionci Neuron innervating muscles or glands
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Parasympathetic Division of ANS

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  • Preganglionic neuron in lateral horns of T1-L2
  • Ganglionic neuron innervating muscels or glands
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Sympathetic Division of ANS

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16
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Termed craniosacral divison

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Parasympathetic Division of ANS

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Termed thoracolumbar division

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Sympathetic Division of ANS

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Sympathetic Division:

Axon length

1st motor:

2nd motor:

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1st motor: short axon

2nd motor:long axon

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Sympathetic Division

2 types of sympathetic ganglia:

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Sympathetic Trunk (Vertebral Chain) Ganglia

Collateral (prevertebral) Ganglia

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Preveretebral (Collateral) ganglia

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Celiac

Superior Mesenteric

Inferior Mesenteric

Aorticorenal

Renal

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What 4 ways can the postganglionic neurons leave the sympathetic trunk?

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  • Spinal nerves
  • Sympathetic nerves
  • Splanchnic nerves
  • Adrenal medulla pathway
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Parasympathetic Division

Axon Length

1st Motor:

2nd Motor:

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1st Motor:Long

2nd Motor:Short

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Has many collaterals- up to 20

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Sympathetic Division

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Has few collaterals- 4 to 5

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Parasympathetic division

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True or False

The terminal ganglia are usually within the effector in the parasympathetic division.

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Parasympathetic Ganglia

The cranial outflow has 4 pairs of ganglia:

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  1. Ciliary Ganglia: III (Occulomotor)
  2. Pterygopalatine Ganglia: VII (Facial)
  3. Submandibular Ganglia: VII (Facial)
  4. Otic Ganglia: IX (Glossopharyngeal)
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X (Vagus) nerve carries nearly % of the total craniosacral flow

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Autonomic Plexuses

The 7 types

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  • Cardiac Plexus
  • Pulmonary Plexus
  • Celiac (Solar) Plexus
  • Superior Mesenteric Plexus
  • Inferior Mesenteric Plexus
  • Hypogastric Plexus
  • Renal Plexus
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Autonomic Plexuses

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A network of sympathetic and parasympathetic axons

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Cardiac Plexus

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Pulmonary Plexus

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The Bronchial tree

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Celiac Plexus

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Largest

Supplies the stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, and adrenal medullae

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Superior Mesenteric Plexus

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Small intestin and proximal colon

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Inferior Mesenteric Plexus

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Distal Colon and rectum

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Hypogastric Plexus

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Urinary bladder and genital organs

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Renal Plexus

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Kidneys and ureters

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Neurotransmitters

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  • Acetylcholine (ACh) and Norepinephrine (NE)
    • Bind to specific receptors on postsynaptic cell
    • Cause stimulation or inhibition; depending on receptor
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Cholinergic Neurons release

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acetylcholine (ACh)

39
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Cholinergic Neurons include:

1.

2.

3.

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  1. All sympathetic and parasympathetic preganglionic neurons
  2. Sympathetic postganglionic neurons that innervate most sweat glands
  3. All parasympathetic postganglionic neurons
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Cholinergic Receptors

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Bind acetylcholine and are found on the post-synaptic cell

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Two types of Cholinergic Receptors

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Nicotine Recptors

Muscarinic Receptors

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Nicotine Receptors

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Sympathetic and Parasympathetic postganglionic neurons

Nicotine mimics the action of ACh when bound to these receptors

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Muscarinic Receptors

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In PM of effectors innervated by parasympathetic postganglionic neurons

In Chromaffin cells of adrenal medullae

Muscarine mimics the effects of ACh when bound to these receptors

Different subtypes have different responses (excitation/inhibition)

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Andrenergic Neurons

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Release norepinephrin

Most sympathetic postganglionic neurons are andrenergic

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Adrenergic Receptors

2 Types of receptors on postsynaptic cell:

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Alpha Receptors- 2 subtypes

Beta Receptors- 3 subtypes

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Alpha 1 and Beta 1

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Excitation in effectors

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Alpha 2 and Beta 2

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Inhibition of effectors

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Beta 3

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Found in BAT (Brown Adipose Tissue): found in babies

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Autonomic tone

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A balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic activity

Regulated by the hypothalamus

50
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Sympathetic Responses

As Stress increases what happens?

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  • Increased production of ATP
  • Dilation of pupils
  • Increased heart rate and blood pressure
  • Dialation of airways
  • Constriction of blood vessels that supply the kidneys and gastrointestinal tract
  • increased blood supply to the skeletal muscles, cardiac muscle, liver and adipose tissue
  • increased glycogenolysis Increased blood glucose
  • Increased lipolysis
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Parasympathetic Responses

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  • Used to conserve energy and return body to homeostasis
  • increased digestive and urinary function
  • decreased body functions that support physical activity
52
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Cholinergic receptors bind to

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Acetylcholine

53
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Norepinephrine is released from which type of neuron?

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Cholinergeric

54
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The connective tissue layer that separates individual axons from one another is called the

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Endoneurium

55
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How many cervial spinal nerves are there?

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