Week 7 Flashcards
Parts of the central nervous system
The brain and spinal cord
Peripheral nervous system parts
The peripheral nervous system has two parts, motor, neurons, and sensory neurons
What two types of motor neurons are there in the nervous system
Somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system
What are the parts of the autonomic nervous system?
Sympathetic division and parasympathetic division
What does the somatic nervous system control?
Controls voluntary movements
What does the autonomic nervous system control?
Controls involuntary responses, for example, digestion
What does the sympathetic division do?
Controls fight or flight response
What does the parasympathetic nervous system control?
Rest and digest
What does an anticholinergic overdose look like?
High heart rate
High temperature
Dilated pupils
Absent bowel sounds
Dry skin
What does a cholinergic overdose look like?
Pinpoint pupils
Loud bowel sounds
Diaphoretic
What does an opioid overdose look like?
Low heart rate
Low respiratory rate
Low temperature
Pinpoint pupils
Absent bowel sounds
Dry skin
What does a sympathomimetic overdose look like
High heart rate
High respiratory rate
High temperature
Dilated pupils
Bowel sounds
Diaphoretic
What does a sedative-hypnotic overdose look like?
Low heart rate
Low respiratory rate
Low temperature
Absent bowel sounds
Dry skin
