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Clinical Anatomy: Nervous System Divisions Flashcards

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  • Thoracolumbar Division
  • Expends energy and deals with stressful and emergency situations
  • Fight or Flight
  • Preganglionic fibers originate from T1 through L2
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Sympathetic Division

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  • Craniosacral Division
  • Converses energy and is active under normal, restful conditions, including digestion
  • Preganglionic fibers originate from the brainstem and spinal cord from segments S2 and S4
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Parasympathetic Division

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Consists of specialized tissues (glands) that secrete hormones directly into the vascular system

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Endocrine System

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Secrete substances into ducts which drain to internal or external body surfaces

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Exocrine Glands

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Feedback that controls most hormone secretion allowing concentrations to remain relatively stable

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Negative Feedback

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What Hormones Regulate

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  • Reproduction
  • Development
  • Growth
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Attaches hypothalamus and pituitary gland

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Infundibulum

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The Master Gland because of its many roles

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Pituitary Gland

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Hormones secreted by the ANTERIOR pituitary gland

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  • Growth Hormone
  • Prolactin
  • Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
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  • gland controlling metabolism and calcium levels in the blood
  • located anterior to the trachea
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Thyroid Gland

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Hormones secreted by the thyroid gland

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  • T3
  • T4
  • Calcitonin
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  • 2 pairs of glands located on the posterior aspect of the thyroid glands
  • secrete hormones that help regulate calcium and phosphate ions in the blood
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Parathyroid Glands

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  • Glands located on the superior poles of the kidneys
  • Inner medulla secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine
  • Cortex secretes hormones that control electrolytes, metabolism, and sex hormones
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Adrenal Glands (suprarenal glands)

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  • Dual gland with both endocrine and exocrine functions
  • Endocrine parts secretes insulin and glucagon
  • Exocrine part secretes digestive juice through the pancreatic duct into duodenum of SI
  • Located posterior the stomach
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Pancreas

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  • Small gland located near the thalamus
  • Secretes melatonin
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Pineal Gland

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  • located posterior the body of the sternum, between the lung
  • secretes hormones involved with immunity
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Thymus

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Organ containing cells that secrete erythropoietin

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Kidneys

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Hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells

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Erythropoietin

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