Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Systems Flashcards
Eye; sphincter muscle.
No SNS effect
PNS: contracts the muscle (pupil closes)
What receptors do the radial muscles of the eye have and what function does it serve?
Alpha1
SNS contracts the muscle (pupil dilation)
No PNS effect
Eye; ciliary muscle
Beta2
SNS: relaxation (flatten lens for far vision)
PNS: contraction (allows lens to become more convex)
Heart; SA node
Beta 1
SNS: increase in HR
PNS: decease in HR
Heart; atria
Beta1
SNS: increase in contractility
PNS: decrease in contractility
Heart; AV node
Beta1
SNS: increase in conduction velocity
PNS: decrease in conduction velocity
Heart, His-Purkinje System
Beta1
SNS: Increase in conduction velocity
PNS: None
Heart; Ventricles
Beta1
SNS: Increase in contractility
PNS: SLIGHT decrease in contractility
Arterioles; Coronary
alpha1, alpha2
SNS: Constriction
beta2
SNS: Dilation (predominates)
PNS: Dilation
Arterioles; Skin and Mucosa
Alpha1, Alpha2
SNS: Constriction
PNS: None
Arterioles; Skeletal Muscle
Alpha1, alpha2
SNS: Constriction
Beta2
SNS: Dilation (predominates)
PNS: None
Arterioles; Abdominal Viscera
Alpha1
SNS: Constriction
Beta2
SNS: Dilation (mainly in liver)
PNS: None
Arterioles; Salivary Glands
Alpha1, Alpha2
SNS: Constriction
PNS: Dilation
Arterioles; Kindey
Alpha1, Alpha2
SNS: Constriction
beta1, beta2
SNS: Dilation
PNS: none
Veins
alpha1
SNS: Constriction
Beta2
SNS: Dilation
PNS: None
Lungs; Bronchial Muscle
Beta2
SNS: Relaxation
PNS: Contraction