Exam Three - ANS Flashcards
What is the function of the ANS
maintain homeostasis
peripheral SNS is found here and includes (2)
Thoracolumbar
Paravertebral (sympathetic trunk) and prevertebral ganglia
Visceral Afferents do this (3)
1 - participate in reflexes
2 - provide feedback (short loop reflex)
3 - provide some visceral sensation (especially pain)
SNS is characterized by
divergence
What is the exception to sympathetic tone
pregang innervation of chromaffin cells in the adrenal medulla
in sympathetic outflow soma of the pregang neuron is in the
lateral horn
axons leave the SC via the ventral root
in sympathetic outflow projection to the postgang neuron is in
sympathetic chain
The SNS postgang receptors are normally adrenergic but what are the exceptions
sweat glands (cholinergic)
Smooth muscles in blood vessels of skeletal muscle
SNS autoreceptors on the presynaptic terminal _______ NE release via _________ feedback
reduce
negative
en passant synapse
axon stimulates a synapse secondarily on its way to another neuron
1 effector cell with multiple neurons
Atropine
muscarinic antagonist
Hexamethonium
ganglionic blocker
The ANS ganglion is an integrator of these 3 inputs
1 - sensory neurons
2 - preganglionic fibers
3 - interneurons
What modulates ANS gang
Neuropeptide Y, VIP
Synergistic action of neurotransmitters of ANS gang lead to (2)
Fast and slow EPSPs and IPSPs
Chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla derive from the
neural crest
T or F: Chromaffin cells have preganglionic innervation
T
Chromaffin cells acts as
postganglionics (they release epinephrine and norepinephrine)
What is the only tone of the Para SNS
Vagal tone of the heart
T or F: There is innervation of body walls and limbs in the para SNS
F
Para SNS pre to post gang neuron transmission is
nicotinic cholinergic
Where are the pregang neurons of the Vagus nerve (2)
1 - dorsal motor nucleus of X
2 - Nucleus ambigus
T or F: Vagus nuclei show viscerotopic organization
T
This is an intramural system in the GI tract
Enteric
The enteric nervous system (ENS) consist of these 2 interconnected plexuses
1 - Myenteric
2 - Submucosal
The central autonomic network includes: (7)
1 - insular cortex
2 - amygdala
3 - hypothalamus
4 - periaqueductal gray
5 - parabrachial complex
6 - solitary nucleus
7 - ventrolateral medulla
What does the central autonomic network do
regulates autonomic outflow
What happens if you block post ganglionic para SNS transmission
pupillary dialation
decreased pharyngeal and bronchial secretions, gut motility increased HR and BP
3 primary causes of autonomic neuropathy
1 - familiar dysautonmia (Riley Day syndrome)
2 - multiple system atrophy with autonomic failure (shy - drager)
3 - Parkinsons