Organization of Sympathetic NS

Question 1

Name the ‘aka’s’ for Sympathetic Trunk?

Answer 1

SYMPATHETIC CHAIN
aka
PARAVERTEBRAL GANGLIA

Question 2

The sympathetic trunk represents paired chains of ___________ connected by nerve fibers.

Answer 2

GANGLIA

Question 3

The ganglia of the sympathetic chain extends from the base of the skull to where?

Answer 3

COCCYX

Question 4

The sympathetic trunk acts as a route for what?

Answer 4

PREGANGLIONIC SYMPATHETIC FIBERS ORIGINATING IN THE T1 - L2 LATERAL HORN

Question 5

Where does the trunk/chain/route/elevator/highway bring the preganglionic sympathetic fibers (originating in T1 - L2)?

Answer 5

DISTRIBUTES AMONG 31 PAIRS OF SPINAL NERVES

REACHING ENTIRE BODY

Question 6

What lies on the anterior surface of the aorta which is directly anterior to the vertebral column?

Answer 6

3 PREVERTEBRAL GANGLIA

Question 7

The __________ ganglia are situated behind the stomach and supply the organs in the abdomen.

Answer 7

CELIAC GANGLIA
aka
SOLAR PLEXUS

Question 8

What is sometimes used to treat intractable pain from cancers such as pancreatic cancer?

Answer 8

CELIAC PLEXUS BLOCK

Question 9

Preganglionic axons go directly to ___________ __________ where they synapse on cells releasing noradrenaline and adrenaline into the blood.

Answer 9

ADRENAL MEDULLA

ready to fight for life

Question 10

The SyNS is all about what?

Answer 10

DIVERGENCE - MASS DISCHARGE

14 lat horn cell bodies - 31 sympathetic chain spinal nn