Week 2 - Anatomy Flashcards
autonomic nervous system branches
sympathetic and parasympathetic; minor third component is enteric
3 targets innervated by autonomic nervous system
smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, glands (VISCERAL)
location of preganglionic cell body
CNS
location of postganglionic cell body
autonomic ganglion
somatic nervous system characteristics
voluntary; motor - skeletal muscle, sensory - pain, pressure, proprioception, temp, touch
parasympathetic outflow on which nerves?
3,7,9,10 (vagus from top to bottom; S2-4 - pelvic splanchnic nerves (ONLY TO INTERIOR, NO TO LIMBS OR BODY WALL)
location of preganglionic cell bodies for sympathetic
lateral horn of spinal cord T1-L2
how do preganglionics exit the spinal cord
through the white rami communicans (WRC)
do sympathetics go to the entire body
yes
what is the role of the visceral afferents
sensory that accompany both SNS and PSNS, hitch hike, not technically part of autonomic
what are autonomic ganglia?
collection of nerve cells outside CNS, cell bodies of postganglionic nerve cells are found here
characteristics of the sympathetic ganglia
sympathetic chain ganglia found at all levels of the spine; preaortic sympathetic ganglia only in abdomen and associated with aorta
characteristics of the parasympathetic ganglia
discrete only in the head, rest of body have ganglia scattered at or near target organs
breakdown of T1-L2
- somatic sensory - ventral or doral rami –> dorsal root –> dorsal root ganglion –> dorsal root –> dorsal horn
- visceral sensory - WRC –> dorsal root –> dorsal root ganglion –> dorsal root –> dorsal horn
- motor somatic - ventral horn –> ventral root –> ventral or dorsal rami
- preganglionic SNS - lateral horn –> ventral root –> WRC
- postganglionic SNS - GRC –> ventral or dorsal rami
explain above T1
presympathetic nerve rises in cervical chain ganglia (to body walls and limbs)
explain below L2
presympathetic nerve lowers in lumbar and sacral chain ganglia (to body walls and limbs)
sympathetic fibers to thoracic organs
chain ganglia T1-T4 –> exit ganglia postganglionically and medially –> cardiopulmonary plexus
cardiopulmonary plexus and development
during development the heart descends through the cervical region picking up and carrying along some of its sympathetic innervation from cervical chain ganglia
sympathetic fibers and abdominal organs
pass through sympathetic chain ganglia and synapse at preaortic ganglia –> post ganglionic on to GI organs; ex are the thoracic and lumbar splanchnic nerves
T5-T9
greater thoracic splanchnic nerve
T10-T11
lesser thoracic splanchnic nerve
T12
least thoracic splanchnic nerve
L1-L2
lumbar splanchnic nerve
visceral afferents travel with what?
SNS and PSNS
what mediates unconscious sensation
visceral afferents traveling with the PSNS; GI stretch
what mediates conscious sensation
visceral afferents traveling with the SNS; heart attack
S2-4
lateral horn like area –> ventral root –> ventral ramus –> become pelvic splanchnic nerves –> inferior hypogastric plexus
postganglionic parasympathetics, describe
at or near organ of interest
cholinergic nerves release what?
ACh
adrenergic nerves release what?
Norepinephrine
all preganglionic nerves are what type of nerve/release what?
cholinergic and ACh
almost all parasympathetic postganglionic nerves are what type of nerve/release what?
cholinergic and ACh
most sympathetic postganglionic nerves are what type of nerve/release what?
adrenergic and Norepinephrine
what are the targets of sympathetic postganglionic nerves which are cholinergic and release ACh?
sweat glands, piloerector muscles, very few blood vessels
sweat glands, piloerector muscles, and very few blood vessels are activated by what type of nerve which releases what substance?
sympathetic postganglionic nerve which is cholinergic and release ACh
what is one muscle cell called?
a muscle fiber
what is a bundle of muscle cells called?
a fascicle
what is a bundle of fascicles called?
a muscle
what connects bone to muscle?
a tendon (ex Achilles tendon)
list the 4 arrangements of fascicles
parallel, fusiform, circular, and triangular
characteristics of an isotonic contraction
tension remains the same while muscle shortens, concentric=shortening, eccentric=lengthening
characteristics of isometric contraction
tension great enough to exceed objects being moved, muscle doesn’t shorten