Sympathetic Nervous System Flashcards
Peripheral collection of nerve cell bodies
Ganglion
Number of paired sympathetic ganglia
22
SNS preganglionic pathway to sympathetic chain
Myelinated B fibers exit spinal cord via ventral nerve roots > white communicating rami > sympathetic chain
Preganglionic sympathetic axons (C fibers) that traverse uninterrupted through the sympathetic trunk form____
Splanchnic nerves
Collection of plexuses that surrounds the abdominal aorta
Abdominal prevertebral plexus
Abdominal prevertebral plexuses
Celiac plexus
Aortic plexus
Superior hypogastric plexus
Inferior hypogastric plexus (pelvic)
Location of cell bodies of preganglionic sympathetic fibers
Interomediolateral horn of the spinal cord (Rexed’s lamina 7)
Inferior cervical ganglion + T1 ganglion
Stellate (cervicothoracic) ganglion
SNS innervation of the stellate ganglion
Ipsilateral head, neck, and upper extremity
Indications for blocking stellate ganglion
Treatment of:
Upper extremity sympathetic dystrophy
Complex regional pain syndrome
Increase blood flow to the upper extremity
Provide relief from intractable post-MI pain
Horner’s syndrome symptoms
Ipsilateral ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis, flushed skin, nasal congestion, and enopthalmos
Alternate name for adrenal glands
Surarenal glands
Two divisions of adrenal glands
Medulla
Cortex
Adrenal medulla function
Secretes catecholamines
Adrenal cortex function
Secretes glucocorticoids, mineralcorticoids, and androgens