Week 3 - Study Guide Flashcards

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1
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Components of a reflex Arc (Neural Path.)

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  1. Receptor
  2. Sensory Neuron
  3. Integration Center
  4. Motor Neuron
  5. Effector
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Receptor

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Site of stimulus action

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Sensory Neuron

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Afferent to the CNS

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Integration Center

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region within the CNS

Mono or polysynaptic

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Motor Neuron

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efferent to efector organ

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Sensation vs Perception

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Sensation - it happened

Perception - Perception does not occur because there was no AP sent

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7
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Sensory Receptors classified based on stimulus type…

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a. mechanoreceptor
b. thermoreceptor
c. photoreceptor
d. chemoreceptor
e. nociceptor

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Chemoreceptors respond to

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chemicals

(chemical concentrations including, odors, tastes, and dissolved chemicals within the body fluids)

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Thermoreceptors respond to

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heat and cold

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nociceptors respond to

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pain

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Mechanoreceptors respond to

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physical deformity caused by touch, pressure, stretch, vibration, and tension.

AUDIO - Kicked open

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12
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Photoreceptors respond to

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light

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13
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Receptors classified by the origins of their stimuli

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Exteroceptor
Interoceptor
Propioreceptor

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Exteroceptor

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Near Outside stimulus
Outside the body

Skin touch
pressure
pain
temperature
most special sense organs

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Interoceptor

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near Inside stimulus
(inside core organs)
Inside the body

Internal viscera and blood vessels

chemical tissue stretch and temperature

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Proprioceptor

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Does not fit into OUT or IN the body
Body movement
(position sense)
(How we are oriented in space)

Muscle spindles - length
Golgi Tendons - Tension

stretch in skeletal muscles, tendons, joints, ligaments & CT of bones and muscles

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17
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What are skeletal muscles composed of?

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contractile & non-contractile elements with separate innervation

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Muscle Spindles are receptors that are…

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non-contractile
Sense length of muscle
and then cause contraction

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19
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What do muscle spindles do?

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Help maintain posture through innervation of large muscles
(consider gastrocnemius)

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20
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Ipsilateral

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Same side of the body

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Contralateral

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opposite side

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22
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monosynaptic

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Direct signal neuron
No interneuron is present

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polysynaptic

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one or more interneurons connect

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reciprocal inhibition

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stretch of one muscle inhibits the activity of the opposing muscle

reflex

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25
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Sensation

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the brains’s ability to pickup changes in the enviroment

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26
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Autonomic System of PNS

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Involuntary

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27
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Somatic NS of PNS

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Voluntary

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28
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PNS

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All the nerves that shoot out and away; and then come back in towards the brain.

Brainstem and Spinal Cord

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29
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Sensory Cranial Nerves

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  1. Olfactory - smell
  2. Optic - vision
  3. Vestibulococchlear - Sound
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30
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Motor cranial nerves

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  1. Occulomotor - move eye
  2. Trochlear - move eye
  3. Abducens - move eyes
  4. Accessory - shoulder shrugging
  5. Hypoglossal - move tongue
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31
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Motor/Sensation Cranial Nerves

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  1. Trigeminal - sense eye; move jaw
  2. Facial - taste; move face
  3. Glossopharyngeal - taste, swallowing
  4. Vagus -
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32
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Regions of Spinal Nerves

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31 pairs
1. cervical - 8
2. thoracic - 12
3. lumbar - 5
4. Sacral - 5
5. Coccygeal - 1

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33
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Sympathetic Region

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Thoracolumbar

F/F

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34
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Parasympathetic Region

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Craniosacral

R/D

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35
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Brainstem is made of three parts

A

Midbrain
Pons
Medulla Oblongata

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36
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How many neurochains in motor?

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2

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37
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How many neurochains in sensory?

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3

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38
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Synapse -

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Speaks to muscle/organ

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39
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PNS divided into

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Somatic - skeletal - voluntary

ANS - glands, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle - invluntary

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40
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Function & Origin
Olfactory

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Smell
Nose
sensory

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41
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Function & Origin
Optic

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Vision
Eyes
sensory

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42
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Function & Origin
Oculomotor

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Eye movement
Midbrain
Motor

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43
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Function & Origin
Trochlear

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eye muscle
midbrain
motor

44
Q

Function & Origin
Trigeminal

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Face sensation
Jaw movement
Pons
Both

45
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Function & Origin
Abducens

A

eye movement
Pons
motor

46
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Function & Origin
Facial

A

Taste
face motor
Pons
Both

47
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Function & Origin
Vestibulocochlear

A

Hearing
Medulla
Sensory

48
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Function & Origin
Glossopharyngeal

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Taste
Swallowing
Medulla
Both

49
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Function & Origin
Vagus

A

Monitor sensing
Parasympathetic motor
Medulla
Both

50
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Function & Origin
Accesory

A

Head/neck movement
Medulla
Motor

51
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Function & Origin
Hypoglossal

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tongue muscle
Medulla
Motor

52
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Nerves of the midbrain

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Oculomotor
Trochlear

53
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Nerves of the Pons

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  1. Trigeminal
  2. Abducens
  3. Facial
54
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Nerves of the Medulla Oblongata

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  1. Vestibulocochlear
  2. Glossopharyngeal
  3. Vagus
  4. Accessory
  5. Hypoglossal
55
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What is unique about Trochlear Nerve organozation?

A

Exits brain dorsally
and is crossed

56
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What is unique about the Vagus nerve?

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Only cranial nerve that goes beyond the head and neck

innervates the heart, lungs, digestive tract, urinary tract

57
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5 Components of a Reflex Arc

A
  1. Receptor
  2. Sensory Neuron
  3. Integration Center
  4. Motor Neuron
  5. Effector
58
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Components of Reflex:
Receptor -

A
  1. picks up stimulus
  2. turns into electrical energy
  3. Transmission to 2nd component
59
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Components of Reflex:
Sensory Neuron

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  1. Sending an afferent signal into the control center
60
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Components of Reflex:
Control Center

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  1. Spinal Cord
  2. specifically the interneuron
  3. sends the signal (control center)
  4. send to a lower motor neuron
61
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Components of Reflex:
Motor Neuron

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  1. throws it to a lower motor neuron
  2. which sends an efferent signal to the effector
62
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Components of Reflex:
Effector

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  1. the muscle/organ
  2. Contracts -move away
  3. Avoids tissue damage or further damage
63
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What does an Interneuron do?

A
  1. Takes signal from sensory neuron
  2. Sends it off where it needs to go
  3. to a lower motor neuron
64
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Muscle spindles -

A

sense length of muscle

then cause contraction

65
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Golgi Tendons

A

Sense muscle tension

Cause relaxation

Agonists relaxes
Antagonist contracts

66
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Flexor (withdraw reflex)

A
  1. Pain stimulus
  2. Auto withdraw
  3. ipsilateral
    polysynaptic (interneuron)
67
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Crossed extensor reflex

A
  1. isilateral reflex & contralateral reflex
  2. stimulated side withdraw (flexed)
  3. Contralateral side is extended
68
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Plexus

A

a bundle of nerves that will branch out again

69
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Names of Plexuses

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  1. Cervical
  2. Brachial
  3. Lumbar
  4. Sacral
70
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Cervical Plexus

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  1. C1-C4
  2. Back of head, neck, shoulders
  3. Phrenic Nerve - Diaphragm
71
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Brachial Plexus

A
  1. C5-T1
  2. Arm
    Saturday night paralysis
    Crutch
72
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Lumbar Plexus

A
  1. L1-L4
  2. Front and sides of leg

Femoral Nerve

73
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Sacral Plexus

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  1. L4-S4
  2. Back of leg

Sciatic Nerve

74
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Roots

A

Pure

75
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Rami

A

Mixed

76
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Dorsal Root

A

Sensory

77
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Ventral Root

A

Motor

78
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Dorsal Ramus

A

deep muscles
posterior surface of trunk

79
Q

Ventral ramus

A

Limbs, lateral/anterior trunk, superficial back muscles

80
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Rami communicantes

A

branch from ventral ramus
ANS
motor pathway
F/F

81
Q

Dermatomes

A

body map - diagnostic tool

area of skin innervated by cutaneous branches from a ventral ramus of a single spinal nerve

82
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What areas DO NOT form a plexus

A

T2-T12

Trunk core

83
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Dorsal location

A

Sensory - Posterior

84
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Ventral location

A

Motor - anterior

85
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Rubrospinal

A
  1. Indirect
  2. involuntary for posture and balance
86
Q

Golgi Tendon example

A
  1. Pick up a heavy object
  2. drops it because of
  3. reflexive relaxation of the straining muscle receptor
87
Q

Rubrospinal Pathway

A

Red Nucleus in midbrain

Direct = voluntary
Indirect = involuntary

88
Q

Afferent portion of ANS is

A

taking measurements of homeostasis with interoceptors (internal)

89
Q

Craniosacral -

A

Parasympathetic - R/D

90
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Thoracolumbar -

A

Sympathetic - F/F

91
Q

2 types of ACH receptors

A

Nicotinic
Muscarinic

92
Q

Muscarinic

A

Ach receptor & 2nd messenger

93
Q

2nd Messengers

A
  1. Chemical signal
  2. Binding
  3. G protein
  4. enzyme
  5. cAMP = 2nd messenger
  6. outcome - vary
    Excitatory or inhibitory
94
Q

Adrenergic Fibers release

A

NE - binds with Beta
2nd messenger

E - binds with A&B
Alpha/Beta receptors

95
Q

Receptor that responds to heart only

A

Beta 1

96
Q

What system has longer preganglionic & short postganglionic neurons?

A

Parasympathetic

Terminal Ganglia is in or on target organ

97
Q

What system lacks a ganglion?

A

Somatic

1 neuron only
no synapse or ganglia

98
Q

What system is associated with alpha & beta receptors?

A

Sympathetic

Respond to NE
so only sympathetic

99
Q

What system innervates the adrenal medulla gland?

A

Sympathetic

Sympathomimetic - release NE & E

100
Q

Which system (s) have cholinergic fibers?

A

Somatic, sympathetic, parasympathetic

Release ACH, somatic, pre/post parasympathetic & preganglionic sympathetic

101
Q

Which system(s) have adrenergic fibers?

A

Sympathetic

Release NE, postganglionic sympathetic

102
Q

Which systems involve second messenger systems?

A

Parasympathetic
Sympathetic

Muscarinic (Ach)
Alphas & Betas (NE)

103
Q

Which system DOES NOT contain second messenger system?

A

Somatic

104
Q

What resists degeneration

A

Neurilemma of Schwann cells

Neural pathway remains and axon will grow back if cell body survives

105
Q

Neuritis

A

Inflammation of nerve

Sciatice
Bell’s Palsey - facial

Shingles - infectio of dorsal root (sensory) ganglia

106
Q

MS

A

progressive loss of myelin in spinal cord/brain