VI - Autonomic Regulation Flashcards
Major involuntary, unconscious, automatic part of the nervous system
Autonomic Nervous System
Major Parts of Autonomic Nervous System
Parasympathetic, Sympathetic, Enteric
Sympathetic NS: Spinal Roots of Origin
T1-12, L1-5
Sympathetic NS: Location of Ganglia
Paravertebral chains that lie along the spinal column
Sympathetic NS: Pre-ganglionic Fibers
short
Sympathetic NS: Post-ganglionic Fibers
long
Paraympathetic NS: Spinal Roots of Origin
CN III, VII, IX, X, sacral segments of spinal cord
Paraympathetic NS: Location of Ganglia
Most are located in the organs innervated
Paraympathetic NS: Pre-ganglionic Fibers
Long
Paraympathetic NS: Post-ganglionic Fibers
Short
Sympathetic NS: pupils
mydriasis α1
Sympathetic NS: heart rate
tachycardia β1
Sympathetic NS: heart contractility
increased β1
Sympathetic NS: skin/splanchnic BV
constriction α1
Sympathetic NS: skeletal muscle BV
dilation β2, M3