Parasympathetic

Question 1

parasympathetic effect on bodily functions

Answer 1

stimulate digestive, urinary, and reproductive functions
decrease cardiovascular and respiratory

Question 2

CN X

Answer 2

vagus nerve
innervates thoracic and abdominal organs

Question 3

sacral spinal cord

Answer 3

innervates pelvic organs

Question 4

thoracic viscera innervation

Answer 4

vagus nerve -> vagosympathetic trunk

Question 5

parasympathetic intramural ganglions

Answer 5

within organs innervated

Question 6

postganglionic neuron

Answer 6

intramural (within wall of target organ)

Question 7

abdomen preganglionic pathway

Answer 7

parasympathetic nucleus of vagus
vagus nerve -> dorsal and ventral branches
-> dorsal and ventral vagal trunks

Question 8

recurrent laryngeal nerves

Answer 8

given off by vagal branches
goes to cervical organs like esophagus, trachea, and larynx

Question 9

dorsal vagal trunk

Answer 9

mixture of right and left dorsal vagus branches
in contact wiht celiacomesteric plexus ganglia (sympathetic) but no synapse, uses celiac a and cranial mesenteric a to get to organs

Question 10

ventral vagal trunk

Answer 10

mixture of right and left ventral vagus branches
directly innervates organs (stomach, spleen)

Question 11

dorsal/ ventral branches passes hiatus as

Answer 11

trunk

Question 12

right recurrent laryngeal n

Answer 12

goes toward the larynx and wraps around right subclavian a
(which is why it is more cranial than left)

Question 13

left recurrent laryngeal n

Answer 13

wraps around aortic arch

Question 14

parasympathetic to pelvic organs

Answer 14

ventral root-> spinal nerves-> ventral branch-> lumbosacral plexus-> pelvic nerve-> pelvic plexus

Question 15

hypogastric n

Answer 15

sympathetic
can bring pre and post ganglionic to pelvic plexus