L1 ANS Flashcards

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Autonomic Nervous System

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– innervates all tissues except skeletal muscle
– operates outside conscious control
– essential role in homeostasis

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Sensory Nervous System

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– detects stimuli inside and outside the body
– transmits to specific brain regions for processing
– external stimuli – light, sound, smell, touch, taste
– internal stimuli – O2 concentration, pressure, pH

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Somatic Nervous System

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– skeletal muscle nervous system
– voluntary movement of skeletal muscle

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Name the two neurones synapse in specialised autonomic ganglia

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  • Preganglionic neurone
    – neurone with cell body in CNS
  • Postganglionic neurone
    – neurone with cell body in ganglia
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  • Preganglionic neurone
  • Postganglionic neurone
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– neurone with cell body in CNS
– CNS origin is the basis of initial classification of sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions

– neurone with cell body in ganglia
– innervates the target tissue

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Sympathetic neurotransmitter release simple

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CNS→ganglion→ACh→Nicotinic receptors→postganglionic neuron→Noradrenaline in neuroeffector juction→alpha/beta adrenoceptors

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Parasympathetic Neurotransmitter release

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CNS→preganglionic neuron→ACh→ganglion/nicotinic receptors→ACh→muscarinic receptors

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8
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PNS

Heart

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↓ rate (bradycardia)

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PNS

Lungs

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bronchoconstriction, secretion

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PNS

GI tract

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↑ tone, motility of small & large intestine, ↑ secretion of saliva and gastric acid

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PNS

Glands

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↑sweating, salivation, lacrimation

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PNS

Eye

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sphincter muscle contraction, ciliary muscle contraction

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PNS

Blood vessels

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most blood vessels not innervated vasodilatation in some vessels

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14
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How acetylcholine is formed

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Choline + acetyl-Co-enzyme A
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Choline acetyltransferase

Acetylcholine

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15
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Cholinergic Synapse routes of ACh

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  1. Diffuse
  2. (Might cross synapse but don’t hv to) ACh-esterase →choline (+ acetyl-co-A→ACh
  3. M2 receptors that will decrease production of ACh
  4. M3 receptors that will cross the synapse and cause contractions in smooth muscle

In chlinergic veins`

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16
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Parasympathomimetic Agents:

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  • Acetylcholine
  • Muscarine
  • Nicotine
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Parasympathomimetic Agent Acetylcholine

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  • Nico and Muscar
  • Stim those receptors
  • Agonist at ganglionic (nico) and postganglionic (mascarinic) receptors
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Parasympathomimetic agent: Muscarine

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  • Alkaloid obtained from Amanita muscaria (toadstool)
  • Quaternary ammonium compound
  • Resistant to acetylcholinesterase
  • Selective for muscarinic receptors (postganglionic)
  • Does not stimulate nicotinic (ganglionic) receptors
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Parasympathomimetic agent: Nicotine

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  • No resemblance to either ACh or muscarine
  • Selective for nicotinic (ganglionic) receptors
  • Does not stimulate muscarinic (postganglionic) receptors
20
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Parasympathetic agent agonist will

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Stimulates the receptor
Mimics acetylcholine

21
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Parasympathetic agent antagonist will

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Binds to the receptor
Blocks effects of acetylcholine

22
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Parasympathetic agent chonlinesterase inhibitor will

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  • Inhibits metabolism of acetylcholine
  • Acetylcholine levels increase
  • Effects of receptor stimulation are potentiated / prolonged
23
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Analogues of ACh

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  • ACH (M&N) - highly susceptable to ACH Est (+++) [short acting]
  • Methacholine (M) - more resistant to ACH Est (+) [longer acting]
  • Carbachol (M&N) - resistant to ACH Est (-) [long acting]
  • Pilocarpine (M) - resistant to ACH Est (-) [miotic agent ↑ glandular secretion]

Car- NH2
Meth-CH3

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Anterior Chamber of the Eye

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  • response to increased light
  • accommodation for near vision
  • aqueous humour
25
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Uses of Muscarinic Agonists and open angle glaucoma

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  • Treats open angle glaucoma where pressure inside eye increases and can cause optic nerve damage
  • When pupil is dilated it hinders drainages of aqueous humour
  • the iris will fold at an angle and block where the aqueous humour is supposed to drain
  • Muscarinic agonist will stim the parasympathetic NS leading to pupil constriction (miosis), opening the drainage angle and aqueous humour flow out of eye more ↓
  • Reducing the intraocular pressure.
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Uses of Muscarinic Agonists and urinary rentention

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  • Condition where person cannot empty bladder
  • Muscarinic will contraction of bladder muscles helping urination
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Uses of Muscarinic Agonists and paralytic Ilieus

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  • Condition where intestines can’t move food and waste through DT
  • Mscarununc receptors in GI tract promote constriction of smooth muscles in intestines to restore bowel movements.
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Shouldn’t use muscarinic agnoist if you have what diseases/conditions

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  • Asthma - bronchoconstriction, hypersecretion of mucus
  • Peptic ulcer - ↑gastric acid secretion
  • Heart attacks - bradycardia causing coronary insufficiency
  • Hyperthyroidism - hypersecretion of thyroid hormone↑↑
29
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ACh-Est and Cholinergic Synapse diagram

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  • ACh to M/N
  • ACh to ACh-est → Choline + acetic acid = taken back up to synthesise more ACh
30
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ACh-Est stucture

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  • Anionic site for ACh’s N+
  • esteratic site for ACh’s ester
31
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Cholinesterase Inhibitors

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  • Cholinesterase catalyse hydrolysis of Ach
    – acetylcholinesterase + pseudocholinesterase
  • Acetylcholinesterase terminates action of ACh at nerve terminals
  • Cholinesterase inhibitors inhibit catalytic activity of cholinesterase enzymes
    – ACh accumulates ↑
    – neurotransmission increases
32
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Name a short-acting Cholinesterase Inhibitor

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Edrophonium

33
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Edrophonium

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– combines reversibly with acetylcholinesterase
– effective for only a few minutes
– used to diagnose myasthenia gravis
* skeletal muscle disease
* autoimmune disease affecting the neuromuscular junction
* nico receptors blocked by antibodies

34
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Name two Longer-acting Cholinesterase Inhibitors

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  1. Physostigmine
  2. Neostigmine
35
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Physostigmine (Calabar bean) and neostigmine do what

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  • Bind to cholinesterase to form carbamylated intermediate that hydrolyses in min-hrs
  • ACh forms acetylated intermediate
  • Physostigmine and neostigmine are destroyed in reaction
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Therapeutic Uses of Cholinesterase Inhibitors for the eye

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  • Pupil constricts
  • ↓Intraocular pressure in open angle glaucoma
  • In cycloplegia will contract ciliary muscle, thicken lens and constric pupil and accommodate for near vision
37
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Therapeutic Uses of Cholinesterase Inhibitors for the Skeletal neuromuscular junction

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  • Has nicotine receptors
  • Reverse paralysis caused by curare-like drugs
  • diagnosis and treatment of myasthenia gravis