Unit 5 Flashcards
What is the effector for the SNS?
Skeletal muscle
What is the efferent pathway of the SNS?
One neuron system
What is the neurotransmitter of the SNS and the response of the target organ
Acetylcholine and excitatory
What is the effector of the ANS?
Cardiac and smooth muscle glands
What is the efferent pathway of the ANS?
It is a two neuron system (presynaptic and postsynaptic)
What is the neurotransmitter & response of the target organ for the presynaptic neuron?
Acetylcholine neurotransmitter and excitatory
What is neurotransmitter and response of the target organ of the postsynaptic neuron?
Varies between sympathetic (norepinephrine & epinephrine) & parasympathetic (acetlycholine). Response either excitatory OR inhibitory.
What are the two divisions of ANS?
Parasympathetic and Sympathetic
What does the parasympathetic division of the ANS do?
Routine maintenance “Rest and Digest”
What does the sympathetic division of the ANS do?
Mobilization & increased metabolism “fight, flight, or fright”
Where is the origin of presynaptic neuron cell body of the sympathetic division?
Thoracolumbar region of spinal cord
Where is the origin of presynaptic neuron cell body of the parasympathetic division?
Brain & sacral spinal cord (craniosacral division)
What is the fiber length in the sympathetic division?
Presynaptic- short
Postsynaptic - long
What is the fiber length in the parasympathetic division?
Presynaptic - long
Postsynaptic - short
What is the location of ganglia in the sympathetic division?
Close to spinal cord (sympathetic chain and pre vertebral/collateral ganglia)
What is the location of ganglia in the parasympathetic division?
In/near visceral effector organs
What is the only major body function NOT inhibited in the Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)?
Digestion
True or False: the Parasympathetic nervous System (PNS) only innervates internal organs and generally inhibits or slows down body functions.
True
Where are the presynaptic neuron cell bodies located (of the PNS)?
Nuclei for CNS III, VII, IX, X & S2-S4 cord levels
Where is the synapse between the pre & post synaptic neurons (of the PNS)?
Terminal ganglia
Cranial outflow- Presynaptic fibers run via:
oculomotor nerve (smooth muscle in eye), facial nerve (lacrimal, submandibular, & sublingual glands), glossopharyngeal nerve (parotid gland), vagus nerve (almost every organ in thoracic & abdominal cavity, hearts, lungs, liver, gallbladder, stomach, small intestine, pranceas, proximal 1/2 of large intestine)
PNS- sacral outflow: the presynaptic neurons originate from ____________________
S2-S4 level of spinal cord
PNS- sacral outflow: fibers of presynaptic neurons travel through __________ —-> _____________ —-> ________________ and exits ventral rami as _______________
Ventral root, spinal nerve, ventral ramifications, pelvic splanchnic nerves
PNS- sacral outflow: pelvic splanchanic nerves synapse in ____________________
Intramural ganglia