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What does the autonomic nervous system contain?

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Central and peripheral nervous system

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What is the ANS?

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Involuntary motor system for internal organs, heart, blood vessels, and secretory glands

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What do motor neurons in the ANS do?

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Connect the CNS to the target organ

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Where are the higher centers located in the CNS?

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Hypothalamus
Midbrain
Pons
Medulla

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What is the hypothalamus?

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The primary integrating center of the ANS

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What does ANS control operate through?

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CNS

Visceral reflexes

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How many chains are there in the ANS?

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2

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Where is the 1st neuron?

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CNS

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Where is the 2nd neuron?

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Within a ganglion (outside of CNS)

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Where is the cell body of the preganglionic axon located?

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Brain stem or spinal cord

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Describe the axon of the visceral motor neuron

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Thinly myelinated

Projects to an autonomic ganglia

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Where is the cell body of the postganglionic neuron located?

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Within the autonomic ganglia with an unmyelinated axon projecting to visual effector cell

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What is the ANS divided into?

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Sympathetic and parasympathetic

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What are similarities between the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems?

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Both are efferent systems
Both involve regulation of the “internal” environment generally outside of our conscious control
Both involve 2 neurons that synapse in a peripheral ganglion
Innervate glands, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle

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What is the location of the sympathetic nervous system?

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Thoraco-lumbar

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Where are the preganglionic neuron cell bodies housed?

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The lateral horn of the T1-L2 regions of the spinal cord

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Where are the right and left sympathetic trunks located?

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Immediately lateral to the vertebral column

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What is the sympathetic trunk composed of?

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Bundles of axon
Ganglia
Short pre-ganglionic fibers and long post-ganglionic fibers

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What is does the sympathetic trunk ganglia house?

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Sympathetic ganglionic neuron cell bodies

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What is the adrenal medulla innervated by?

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The sympathetic nervous system

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What is the adrenal medulla considered?

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A modified sympathetic ganglion

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What does the stimulation of the adrenal medulla cause?

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The release of norepinephrine and epinephrine

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What does the adrenal medulla reinforce?

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Activity of the sympathetic nervous system

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What is the parasympathetic nervous system also known as?

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Carniosacral division

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Where are the visceral motor neurons of the parasympathetic nervous system located?
In discrete brain stem nuclei and in sacral segments 2-4
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What do the oculomotor nerve fibers go to?
Pupillary sphincters and ciliary muscle
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What do the facial nerve fibers go to?
Nasal, lacrimal, and submandibular gland
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What do the glossopharyngeal nerve fibers go to?
Parotid gland
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What do the vagus nerve motor inputs go to?
Visceral organs
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What do the sacral segment fibers go to?
Descending colon, rectum, bladder, and genitalia
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What is the vagus nerve the major source of?
Parasympathetic stimulation for the thoracic and most abdominal organs
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What are the ganglionic neurons in the parasympathetic division?
Terminal ganglia | Intramural ganglia
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Where are terminal ganglia located?
Close to the target organ
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Where are intramural ganglia located?
Within the wall of the target organ
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What are autonomic reflexes similar to?
Spinal reflexes
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What do autonomic reflexes do?
Help maintain homeostasis through the involuntary activity of autonomic reflexes or visceral reflexes
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What do autonomic reflexes consist of?
Smooth muscle contractions Cardiac muscle contractions Secretion by glands that are mediated by autonomic reflex arcs in response to a specific stimulus
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What is Autonomic function influenced by?
The cerebrum, hypothalamus, brainstem, and spinal cord
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What does sensory processing in the thalamus directly affect?
The hypothalamus
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What does the hypothalamus contain?
Nuclei that control visceral functions in both divisions of the ANS
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What does the hypothalamus communicate with?
Other CNS regions, including the cerebral cortex, thalamus, brain stem, cerebellum, and spinal cord
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What do the brainstem nuclei mediate?
Major ANS reflex/control centers: Arterial blood pressure Heart rate Respiratory rate
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How are certain process (such as defecation and urination) processed and controlled?
At the level of the spinal cord without the involvement of the brain
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What can consciously inhibit reflex activities like urination?
Cerebrum
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What do ANS neurotransmitter do?
Stimulate activity in some tissues while inhibiting activity in others
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What do responses from neurotransmitters depend on?
Specialization of the tissue cells, containing one or more membrane receptors
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What are the 2 main neurotransmitters?
Acetylcholine | Norepinephrine
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What receptor utilizes acetylcholine?
Cholinergic receptors
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What are the 2 types of cholinergic receptors?
Nicotinic receptors | Muscarinic receptors
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Where are nicotinic receptors?
On the cell bodies in all autonomic ganglia
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Where is Ach released from that binds with nicotinic receptors?
All sympathetic and parasympathetic preganglionic fibers
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Where are muscarinic receptors found?
On effector cell membranes (smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands)
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Where is Ach released from that binds with muscarinic receptors?
Parasympathetic postganglionic receptors
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After Ach interacts with its receptors, what happens?
Ach is split by acetylcholinesterase
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What do adrenergic receptors respond to?
Epinephrine (Epi) and norepinephrine (NE)
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What are the different types of adrenergic receptors?
α, β1, β2
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What does NE excite?
α receptors
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What does Epi excite?
Both types of receptors (α and β) with equal affinities
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How are adrenergic receptors distributed?
Distinctly among the effector organs and can be excitatory or inhibitory
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Where are α receptors located?
Blood vessels | Eye
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Where are β1 receptors located?
Heart
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Where are β2 receptors located?
Bronchioles Blood vessels to the heart and skeletal muscles Smooth muscle walls of the digestive and urinary systems
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What is the sympathetic nervous system responsible for?
Fight or flight | Preparing the body for emergencies
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What are examples of mass sympathetic discharge from the sympathetic nervous system?
``` Increase in arterial pressure Increase in heart rate and contractility Increase in blood flow to muscles Increase in blood glucose Increase in metabolic rate Increase in muscle strength Increase in mental activity ```
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What does the sympathetic nervous system prepare the body for?
Vigorous activity needed to deal with a life-threatening situation
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What does the activation of beta 1 cause?
An increase in heart rate and contractility
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What does the activation of beta 2 cause?
Bronchial dilation and dilation of blood vessels in skeletal muscles
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What are the functions of alpha receptors?
``` Vasoconstriction Iris dilation Intestinal relation Intestinal sphincter contraction Pilomotor contraction Bladder sphincter contraction Inhibits neurotransmitter release ```
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What are the function of beta receptors?
``` Vasodilation Cardioacceleration Increased myocardial strength Intestinal relaxation Uterus relaxation Bronchodilation Calorigenesis Glycogenolysis Lipolysis Bladder wall relaxation Thermogenesis ```
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What does the adrenal medulla do?
Release of Epi and NE
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What are the percentages of Epi and NE released by the adrenal medulla?
80% Epi | 20% NE
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What is the parasympathetic nervous system responsible for?
Rest and digest | Conserves energy and replenishes nutrient stores
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What does the parasympathetic nervous system promote?
Digestion of food Storage of energy Elimination of wastes Homeostasis
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What does the parasympathetic nervous system usually cause?
Specific localized response
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Is there mass discharge with the parasympathetic nervous system?
No
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What are the muscarinic receptor effects in cardiac muscle?
Decreases heart rate and strength of contraction
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What are the muscarinic receptor effects in the digestive system?
Increase digestive activity including secretions and peristalsis
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What are the muscarinic receptor effects in digestion?
Increases flow of blood to liver, pancreas, and digestive organs by vasodilation of appropriate vessels
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What are the muscarinic receptor effects in the eye?
Causes constriction of Iris

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