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Somatic and Autonomic Nervous System Flashcards

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Somatic NS

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Voluntary and involuntary control of skeletal muscle

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Autonomic NS

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Involuntary control of smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and glands
Sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions

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Afferent

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Sensory info. carried to the CNS

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Efferent

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Motor commands to muscles and glands, away from CNS

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Nerves of the somatic NS

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Cranial and spinal nerves

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Nerves of the autonomic NS

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Cranial preganglionic
Spinal preganglionic
Sympathetic chain ganglia
Collateral ganglia
Visceral postganglionic
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What are plexuses of the somatic NS?

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Interwoven nerve trunks

Cervical, brachial, lumbar, sacral

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What are plexuses of the ANS?

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Cardiac, pulmonary, oesophageal, celiac, inferior mesenteric, hypogastric

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What are pyramidal (direct) tracts?

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Upper motor neurons on CNS synapse with lower motor neurons in brainstem or spinal cord
Conscious control
Corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts

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What do the corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts control?

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Conscious control of movements below head and of head respectively

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What are extrapyramidal (indirect) tracts?

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Motor neurons first synapse in an intermediate nucleus in the brainstem
Subconscious control
Tectospinal, vestibulospinal, recticulospinal, rubrospinal

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What does the tectospinal tract control?

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Subconscious reflex movement of the head

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What does the vestibulospinal tract control?

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Balance and muscle tone

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What does the recticulospinal tract do?

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Reflex regulation

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What odes the rubrospinal tract do?

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Upper limb muscle tone and movement

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Why form plexuses?

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Widespread action

Amplification

17
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Which are generally shorter, sympathetic or parasympathetic preganglionic neurons?

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Sympathetic

Sympathetic post-ganglionic cell bodies tend to be located close to the spinal cord, while parasympathetic are more peripheral.

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What travels through the dorsal ramus?

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  • Info. to and from the skeletal muscles, skin, smooth muscles and glands of back
  • Sensory and motor
  • Somatic and visceral
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What travels through the ventral ramus?

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  • Info. to and from the ventrolateral body surface, wall and limbs
  • Sensory and motor
  • Somatic and visceral
20
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What travels through the gray ramus?

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Visceral motor info. to organs

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What travels through the white ramus?

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Visceral motor and sensory info. to and from (preganglionic) organs

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What is the largest component of the ANS?

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The Enteric NS which governs GI tract functions and reflexes

23
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Where is the ENS located?

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In sheaths of tissue lining the esophagus, stomach, small intestine and colon

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What is a dermatome?

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Map of areas of skin innervated by spinal segments

25
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How is pain carried in the viscera?

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Via general visceral afferents

Converge in posterior grey column

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What do the vagal afferent nerves sense?

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Taste
Satiety/Satiation
Energy metabolism
Visceral inflammation
Gut instinct (innate fear and food location)
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What pathway determines the innate fear response?

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Hypothalamus - pituitary - adrenal axis

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Where is the internal GPS for food location?

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Hippocampal dependent memory

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How does the gut affect the brain?

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  • Produce neurotransmitters which signal brain via vagus nerve from gut microbes or metabolites
  • Cytokines or metabolites travel to brain via blood
30
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What are the three types of autonomic receptors?

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Cholingeric (Nicotinic and muscarinic)
Adrenergic
Nitroxidergic

31
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What are nicotinic receptors?

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ACh
Excitatory for all parasympathetic and sympathetic preganglionic cells
Open Na+ channels in skeletal muscle

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What are muscarinic receptors?

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ACh
Excitatory or inhibitory for parasympathetic neuromuscular and neuroglandular junctions
Activate K+ and/or Ca2+ channels

33
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What are adrenergic receptors?

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Adrenaline and NA
Effect most sympathetic and neuroglandular junctions
a1 - excitatory
a2 - inhibitory
b1 - heart and arteries
b2 - smooth muscle and respiratory tract
b3 - lipolysis
34
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What are nitroxidergic receptors?

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NO
Stimulate blood vessels in skeletal muscles, erectile tissue and brain
Vasodilation

35
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What to B1 blockers do?

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Decrease heart rate and strength, encourage atrial relaxation and fluid regulation

36
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What to B2 agonists to?

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Treat asthma and pulmonary disorders

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