QUIZZAM 10 Flashcards
Autonomic Nervous System
PNS functions w/o conscious effort
ANS Regulations
heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, and body temp
ANS Characteristics
- preganglionic fibers
- ganglia
- postganglionic fibers
Parasympathetic
‘rest and digest’
ordinary conditions
Sympathetic
‘fight or flight’
stressful or emergency conditions
Structural Differences btwn parasym. and sym.
- origin sites
- fiber length
- ganglia location
- ganglia types
Dual Innervation
when visceral organs receive info from both para and sym ANS divisions
Autonomic Plexuses
nerve networks formed from sym postganglionic fibers ‘mingle’ with para preganglionic fibers
photoreceptors
rods and cones
Rods
dim light and no color
Cones
bright light and high color vision
Light is refracted…
- at the cornea
- entering the lens
- leaving the lens
Lens
precise focusing of light
Close Vision requires…
- Accommodation
- Constriction
- Convergence
Accommodation
changing of lens shape by ciliary muscles to increase refraction power
Constriction
pupillary reflex constricts the pupil
Convergence
medial rotation of the eyeballs toward objects being viewed
When lights are off…
photoreceptor cell (rods) says don’t send signal to bipolar cell –> ganglion doesn’t send signal