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Somatic nervous system

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Voluntary

Skeletal muscle

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Autonomic nervous system

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involuntary
cardiac + smooth muscle + glands
two-divisions: 
- sympathetic (fight/flight)
- parasympathetic (rest/digest)
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Sensory input: Autonomic

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Interoceptors (internal sensing)

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Sensory input: somatic

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Special/somatic senses

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Control of output: Autonomic

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Involuntary:

  • lymbic system
  • hypothalamus
  • brainstem
  • spinal cord
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Control of output: Somatic

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Voluntary:

- Cerebral cortex

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Effectors: Autonomic

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Smooth and cardiac muscle + glands

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Effectors: Somatic

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Skeletal muscle

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The neurotransmitter in the somatic nervous system

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Acetylcholine

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Neurotransmitters in the autonomic nervous system

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Sympathetic division:

  • Ach for sweat glands
  • Norepinephrine for effector cells

Parasympathetic:
- Ach for effector cells

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Raynaud disease

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  • Excessive sympathetic stimulation following emotional stress or exposure to the cold
  • chronic vasoconstriction
  • fingers and toes become ischemic (lack blood) and appear white
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Hypothalamus: controls internal organs via

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Autonomic nervous system

Pituitary gland

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Hypothalamus: Regulates

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  • behaviour patterns
  • circadian rhythm (sleep/wake cycles)
  • body temperature
  • eating and drinking
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Endocrine hormones

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Puts hormones into the bloodstream which travels to distant target cells

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Paracrine hormones

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Transfer hormones to nearby target cells

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Autocrine hormones

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Same target cell

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Cholera

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  • Cholera toxins bind to G protein, locking it in an activated state
  • High cAMP
  • pumps chloride ions into intestines
  • water follows out
  • chronic diarrhea
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Hypothalamus

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9 hormones (releasing and inhibiting hormones to control pituitary)

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Pituitary

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7 hormones synthesized in anterior pituitary for regulation of homeostasis

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Anterior pituitary

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  • releasing and inhibiting hormones from the hypothalamus
  • hypophyseal portal system (vascular connection)
  • GH, MSH, TSH, ACTH, FSH, LH, PRL
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Posterior pituitary

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  • hypothalamic - hypophyseal tract (neural connection)
  • oxytocin and ADH
  • response directly to hypothalamic hormones
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The adrenal medulla is stimulated by

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Ach from preganglionic neurons

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Hormones released from the adrenal medulla

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Epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine

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Principle actions of the adrenal medulla

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Enhance sympathetic autonomic alarm response, works slowly so prolongs response

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Adrenal cortex: what is hormone A?
mineralocorticoids
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Adrenal cortex: what is hormone A stimulated by?
Increased K+ and angiotensin II in blood
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Adrenal cortex: what is hormone A's principle action?
mineralocorticoids increase Na+ and water and decrease K+ in blood increases blood volume and pressure
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Adrenal cortex: Hormone B
Glucocorticoids (cortisol)
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Adrenal cortex: What stimulates hormone B?
Glucocorticoid stimulated by ACTH from the pituitary (CRH from hypothalamus affects pituitary to form ACTH)
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Adrenal cortex: principle action of hormone B?
- Resistance to stress - Control (dampen) inflammation - Alter immune response
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The 3 stages of alarm response
1) Alarm response 2) Extended alarm response 3) The resistance response
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Alarm response
- Immediate burst - Sympathetic activation - Adrenal medulla
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Extended alarm response
- mediated by the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine secreted by the medulla of the adrenal gland
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Resistance reaction
- Slower, longer-lasting | - mediated by the hormone cortisol, secreted by the adrenal cortex
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What makes up the CNS
Brain | Spinal cord
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What makes up the PNS
- Cranial nerves - spinal nerves - ganglia - peripheral nerves
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What are afferent nerves
Nerves which bring impulses from the PNS to the CNS (sensory neurons)
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What are efferent nerves
Nerves which take impulses from the CNS to the PNS (motor neurons
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What are the different types of motor neurons?
Somatic and autonomic
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What are the steps of nerve impulse conduction
1. Impulse arrives at presynaptic membrane, depolarizing and opening voltage-gated Ca2+ channels. 2. Ca2+ encourages vesicles of neurotransmitters to bind to the presynaptic membrane and leave into the synaptic cleft via exocytosis 3. Neurotransmitters bind to ligand-gated channels in the postsynaptic membrane, causing it to depolarize due to inflow of Na+, causing the conduction of the impulse (All this happens within milliseconds)
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What is involved in alarm response and what causes it?
Caused by the sympathetic branch of the ANS - Increased HR & contractility - Contraction of arrector pili muscles (hair stands on end) and increased secretion from sweat glands. - Constriction of blood vessels in the skin to send more blood to muscles - Dilation of pupils for greater visual acuity - Decreased salivation - Dilation of bronchi Increased blood sugar to give more glucose to muscles - Increased BP and H2O retention - Decreased digestion - Increased resp. rate to increase O2 in the blood.
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What is involved with the relaxation response and what causes it
Caused by the parasympathetic branch of the ANS - Decreased HR & contractility - contraction of pupils - increased salivation - dilation of peripheral blood vessels - constriction of bronchi - increased digestion
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What are sympathetic nerve responses associated with?
- Exercise - Emotion - Excitement - Danger
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Why is sympathetic innervation important?
It gives the body the opportunity to be active
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What are the parasympathetic responses associated with?
- Repletion - Rest - Relaxation
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Why is parasympathetic innervation important
It gives the body the opportunity to recuperate
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Where does sensory input for the ANS come from?
Interoceptors detecting change in O2 levels, hunger, and blood pressure some impulses from the somatic nervous system
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Where does sensory input for the SNS come from?
Special senses and somatic senses
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What controls ANS output?
``` Involuntary control by the: - limbic system - hypothalamus - brain stem - spinal cord to change the body's environment ```
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What controls SNS output?
Voluntary cerebral cortex decisions - causes the body movements
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What is the motor pathway type in ANS?
Two neuron pathways: post- and pre-ganglionic pathways
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What is the motor pathway type in SNS?
One neurons pathway - just LMNs
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How are parasympathetic and sympathetic used in tandem?
Both are always active but can be turned up and down like a dimmer. When there are danger, sympathetic increases while parasympathetic decreases and vice versa This is important as if they are constantly in use, bad outcomes may result.
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What is a similarity between ANS and SNS neurons
Both start within the spinal cord
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What are the differences between ANS and SNS neurons?
- ANS has two neurons: the pre- and post-ganglionic, of which only the pre-ganglionic are myelinated. - The two synapses in the autonomic ganglion, using ACh - The SNS only has a single mylinated neuron
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Why is it important that the ANS synapses in the ganglia?
It allows a single signal from a pre-ganglionic neuron to be sent to multiple post-ganglionic neurons
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What does a cholinergic neuron use as a neurotransmitter>
ACh
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What does an adrenergic neuron use as a neurotransmitter
Ne
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What does a muscarinic receptor accept as a neurotransmitter?
ACh
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Autonomic tone
The balance between sympathetic and parasympathetic activity
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Glucocorticoids
Class of hormones released by the adrenal cortex, such as cortisol which plays a part in the resistance reaction
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cytokines
Hormones released by the immune system can alter the autonomic nervous activity
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Eustress
Stress which is acute and beneficial
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Distress
Stress is prolonged and can have detrimental effects
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Infundibulum
Small stalk linking hypothalamus to the pituitary gland
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Primary capillary plexus
Superior capillary bed on the pituitary gland
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Hypophyseal portal veins
Veins linking primary capillary plexus to secondary capillary plexus
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What is the name for a pre-ganglionic neuron?
cholinergic
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what is the name for a postganglionic neuron
adrenergic
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Where is the thyroid locates?
top of the trachea
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what is the name of the receptors in a sweat gland
muscarinic receptors
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What process is the thyroid largely involved with?
Growth
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What are the types of lipid-soluble hormones?
Steroid hormones, thyroid hormones
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What are the types of water-soluble hormones?
Catecholamines, peptides, and proteins
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Which part of the pituitary has hypophyseal portal veins on it?
anterior pituitary
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Where are modified post-ganglionic neurons which act as secretory cells found?
adrenal glands
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What types of cells are found in the adrenal glands?
modified postganglionic neurons which act as secretory cells
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What hormones are used in the medulla?
epinephrine and norepinephrine
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What hormones are used in the adrenal cortex?
Mineralocorticoids (e.g. aldosterone) and glucocorticoids (e.g. cortisol)
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How is the adrenal cortex stimulated to release glucocorticoids?
ACTH from the pituitary which in turn is stimulated by CRH (corticotropin-releasing hormone) from the hypothalamus
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What is the principal action of the adrenal medulla?
Enhance sympathetic autonomic alarm response
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what is the principal action of the adrenal cortex releasing mineralocorticoids
increase blood Na+ and decrease blood K+ to increase blood volume and pressure
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what is the principal action of the adrenal cortex releasing glucocorticoids?
resistance reaction to stress dampens inflammation and depresses immune response

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