Homeostasis Flashcards
Define homeostasis
Process of maintaining a stable internal environment or being in a balanced state even with external changes to allow body to function properly
List the general steps of the pathways of homeostasis
- Stimulus produces change
- Change detected by receptor
- Input into control center
- Output into effector
- Response of effector feeds back to magnitude of stimulus
- Returns change to homeostasis
What are the 2 types of nerves?
Sensory and motor
The autonomic nervous system is _____________ (somatic or visceral) efferent
Visceral
The ANS is divided into:
SNS and PNS
Describe how the layout of the ANS work in homeostasis
Visceral receptors receive signal and take it afferently into ANS integration centers
Sympathetic and parasympathetic efferent relay the information into autonomic effectors (cardiac/smooth mm) to initiate response
Which outflow is in the PSNS?
Craniosacral outflow
What type of energy action is PSNS associated with?
Anabolism / conservation
SNS is associated with ___________ outflow, thus energy ___________
Thoracolumbar; catabolism
Which neurotransmitter is used by the SNS in pre-synaptic aspect?
ACh
Which neurotransmitter is used by the SNS in pre-synaptic aspect?
ACh
What neurotransmitter is associated with post ganglionic SNS?
Epi/norepinephrine
Describe PSNS release of neurotransmitters
Both (pre and post) axons release ACh
Epinephrine and norepinephrine are what type of neurotransmitter?
Catecholamine
In SNS, which axons are longer?
Post synaptic/ganglionic
Describe PSNS axon length
Pre is longer than post
Sympathetic is fight/flight or rest and digest
Fight/flight
Does sympathetic or parasympathetic increase blood flow to GIT?
Parasympathetic
Which 2 nerves are associated with Craniosacral outflow?
Vagus and pelvic
Thoracolumbar associates with which nerves?
Vertebral, hypogastric
Ionotropic receptors are ___________
Cholinergic - nicotinic on skeletal muscle
Metabotropic is associated with _________
Muscarinic
Which synthesized things are associated with cholinergic receptors?
Choline, choline acetyltransferase
Degradation at cholinergenic receptors is done by:
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE)
Muscarinic recepors are signaling the ___________ and __________
Stomach and lungs
What type of receptors are at the NMJ?
Nicotinic