General Principles and Pathways of Autonomic Pharmacology

Question 1

these areas process information and send decisions(intentions) to motor cortex for execution

Answer 1

association cortex processes

Question 2

highest order association area

Answer 2

frontal lobe

Question 3

sends information to cranial and peripheral nerves to execute decisions

Answer 3

motor cortex

Question 4

send signals to skeletal muscles

Answer 4

cranial and peripheral nerves

Question 5

voluntary

Answer 5

somatic

Question 6

involuntary

Answer 6

autonomic

Question 7

T1-L2; thoracolumbar

Answer 7

sympathetic

Question 8

CN III, VII, IX, X; S2-4; cranio-sacral

Answer 8

parasympathetic

Question 9

some function of digestive system

Answer 9

enteric

Question 10

collection of neuron cell bodies in brain and spinal cord (CNS) are called what

Answer 10

nucleus

Question 11

axons in brain and spinal cord (CNS) are called what

Answer 11

tracts

Question 12

axons in PNS are called what

Answer 12

nerves

Question 13

collection of neuron cell bodies in PNS are called what

Answer 13

ganglion

Question 14

what holds all of the somatosensory neurons for sensory processing

Answer 14

dorsal root ganglion (DRG)

Question 15

what kind of receptors are everywhere in the heart

Answer 15

beta 1

Question 16

this system innervates viscera

Answer 16

autonomic

Question 17

this system innervates skeletal muscle

Answer 17

somatic

Question 18

in the sympathetic visceromotor system, are pre or post ganglionic axons long

Answer 18

postganglionic

Question 19

in parasympathetic system, pre or post ganglionic axons are long

Answer 19

pre ganglionic

Question 20

myelinated fiber

Answer 20

white ramus communicans

Question 21

unmyelinated fiber

Answer 21

gray ramus communicans

Question 22

receptors that norepinephrine binds to

Answer 22

alpha 1, alpha 2, beta 1

Question 23

this sympathetic neuron is short and has myelinated axon; releases Ach in paravertebral ganglia

Answer 23

preganglionic neuron

Question 24

this sympathetic neuron is long and has unmyelinated axon; releases NE in target organs

Answer 24

postganglionic neuron

Question 25

paravertebral ganglion contains what kind of receptor

Answer 25

cholinergic Nn

Question 26

when NE binds to alpha 1, blood vessel ______

Answer 26

constricts

Question 27

when NE binds to beta 2, blood vessel _______

Answer 27

dilates

Question 28

only gland in the body that has sympathetic innervation

Answer 28

sweat gland

Question 29

Ach binds to what receptor in sweat gland to cause production of sweat

Answer 29

M3

Question 30

neurons synapse in this specific ganglion when sending signal to thoracic viscera

Answer 30

paravertebral ganglion

Question 31

neurons synapse in this specific ganglion when sending signal to abdominal viscera

Answer 31

prevertebral ganglion

Question 32

sympathetic receptors in liver

Answer 32

beta 1,2

Question 33

this organ makes E and NE that are released into the blood

Answer 33

adrenal medulla

Question 34

receptors that epinephrine bind to

Answer 34

alpha1-2, beta1-3

Question 35

epinephrine will cause bronchi to dilate when binds to this receptor

Answer 35

beta2

Question 36

what parasympathetic nerve controls all visceral motor actions

Answer 36

Vagus (CNX)

Question 37

central collector of all visceral sensation

Answer 37

nucleus tractus solitarius

Question 38

nuclei that send out message on efferent fibers

Answer 38

nucleus ambiguus and motor nucleus of Vagus

Question 39

carries information about pressure (baroreceptors)

Answer 39

carotid sinus branch of IX

Question 40

in parasympathetic NS, ganglion is near or on the organ and releases Ach that binds to what receptors

Answer 40

M1-5

Question 41

in somatic NS, Ach is released and binds to what receptor

Answer 41

cholinergic (muscarinic or nicotinic)