Unit 3 - Central & Peripheral Nervous System Flashcards
Central Nervous System
Brain and spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous System
Sensory (afferent)
Somatic (efferent)
Autonomic nervous system
Autonomic nervous system
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
Peripherl Nervous system
Nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord
Somatic (Efferent)
Away from the brain
Voluntary
Skeletal muscles
Autonomic
Smooth
Cardiac muscles
Glands
Parasympathetic
Homeostasis
Daily maintenance
Sympathetic
Fight or Flight
Alert system
No essential to life
Sensory (Afferent)
input to brain (light, heat, pressure
Synapse within spinal cord
Sensory & Somatic
Autonomic Nervous system (ANS)
Involuntary
Unconscious
No control
Control of ANS lies where?
Midbrain/medullary center of brain
Origin of Sympathetic Branch
12 thoracic and 1st 3 lumbar of spinal cord
Parts of Sympathetic branch
Short preganglionic fiber
Ganglionic synapse
Long ganglionic fiber
Neuroeffector synapse
Release of epinephrine into bloodstream
Sympathetic fibers innervate the adreal medulla