Wk 5: ANS

Question 1

ANS

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component of the peripheral nervous system

Regulates involuntary physiologic processes

Question 2

Hypothalamus

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controls ANS and is responsible for basic survival strategies

Question 3

Sympathetic origin of fibres

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thoracolumbar region of spinal cord

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Sympathetic length of fibres

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Short preganglionic

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Sympathetic location of ganglia

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Close to spinal cord

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Asympathetic origin of fibres

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brain and sacral spinal cord

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Asympathetic length of fibres

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Long preganglionic

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Asympathetic location of ganglia

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In visceral effector organs

Question 9

Sympathetic division functions

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“Fight or Flight”

Promotes adjustments during exercise, or when threatened

• Increased heart rate
• Blood flow is shunted to muscles and heart
• Bronchioles dilate
• Liver releases glucose (from glycogen)

Question 10

Parasympathetic division functions

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Promotes maintenance activities and conserves body energy
After eating:

• ↓ blood pressure, heart rate deceleration, ↓ respiration rate
• Gastrointestinal tract activity is high

Question 11

Sympathetic tone

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keeps the blood vessels in a continual state of partial constriction

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Special cases for SNS

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• Innervation of adrenal gland (one ganglionic neuron)
• Innervation of sweat glands (release of Ach by post ganglionic neuron acting on muscarinic receptors in sweat glands)

Question 13

Reflex

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involuntary, fast and automatic response to a specific sensory stimulus

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Areflexia

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absence of reflexes

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Hyperreflexia

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Increased or overactive reflexes

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Hyporeflexia

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Decreased reflexes

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Reflexes can be

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Innate
Visceral
Spinal
Mono

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Innate reflexes

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neural reflexes, formed before birth and can disappeared with age

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Grasp reflex (innate)

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grabbing object if object touch palm

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Moro reflex (innate)

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protective motor response against abrupt disruption of body balance

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Visceral reflexes

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• Autonomic (e.g. control of heart rate)
• Or somatic reflexes (e.g. stretch such as patellar reflex)

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Spinal reflexes

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the spinal cord is the integration centre

• Cranial reflexes where the brain is only the integration centre (e.g. pupillary reflex)

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Mono reflexes

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one synapse involved (e.g. patellar reflex)

• Or poly-synaptic: such as the crossed extensor reflex or withdrawal reflex.

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Components of a reflex arc

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Sensory receptor
Motor neuron
Effector
Integrating centre
Sensory neuron

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Sensory receptor

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activated in response to stimulus

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Motor neuron

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neuron conducting impulses from integrating centre to effector

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Effector

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muscle or gland that responds to motor nerve impulses

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Integrating centre

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1+ regions within the CNS that relay impulse from sensory to motor neurons

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Sensory neuron

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conduct impulses from receptor to integrating centre

Question 30

Somatic spinal reflexes are important reflexes since they can

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• Contribute to posture and muscle tone
• Lead to adjustment of muscle tone dependent on task
• Compensate large disturbances

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Types of spinal reflexes

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Stretch
Tendon
Flexor or withdrawal reflex
Crossed extensor reflex

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Flexor or withdrawal reflex (spinal reflex)

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when pain receptors (nociceptors) are activated it causes automatic withdrawal of the threatened body part

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Crossed extensor reflex (spinal reflex)

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complex reflex consisting of an ipsilateral withdrawal reflex and a contralateral extensor reflex

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Stretch (spinal reflex)

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usually monitor muscle length

• Sensory receptors (muscled spindles) activate when a muscle is stretched

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Tendon (spinal reflex)

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monitors external tension produced during muscular contraction to prevent tendon damage.

• Controls muscle tension by causing muscle relaxation
• Receptor (golgi tendon organ) is in the tendon of the muscle
• Activated by stretching of tendon

Question 36

Ageing effects on nervous system

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• Rapid decline in brain weight
• Reduced bulk of gyri and widening of sulci
• Reduction of synaptic connections and neurons
• Reduced biochemical activity

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The signs of NS ageing can be

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• Altered sleep patterns
• Changes in mood, irritability
• Loss of appetite, constipation
• Loss of memory