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the maintenance of an optimal internal environment, including body temp and chemical composition of tissues and fluids

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Homeostasis

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What plays a big role in controlling homeostasis?

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controlling blood flow

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What receptor types are included in autonomic sensation?

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  1. Mechanoreceptors -Stretch/ Pressure (bladder full, GI tract, BP)
  2. Nociceptors - Pain
  3. Thermoreceptors - Temperature (measures external and internal temp, to adjust accordingly)
  4. Chemoreceptors - Oxygen, pH
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Where are chemoreceptors of the ANS located and what do they measure?

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  1. Carotid and aortic bodies for O2
  2. Medulla for pH levels
  3. Hypothalamus for glucose and electrolyte levels
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What do the nociceptors in the ANS respond to? where are they located?

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  1. Stretch
  2. Ischemia
    - walls of arteries and internal viscera
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What do the mechanoreceptors of the ANS respond to? where are they located?

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  1. Pressure - aortic artery, carotid sinus (blood pressure)

2. stretch - bladder, veins

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Where are the thermoreceptors of the ANS located? what do they respond to?

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  1. hypothalamus - internal temperature

2. skin - outside temperature

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How does ANS information get into the CNS?

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  1. Dorsal roots - travel with the normal nerves

2. Cranial nerve - Taste information (7, 9 and 10) and visceral sensation (9 and 10)

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Where are visceral control areas? what do they control?

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  1. Medulla- HR, respiration, blood vessels (vasodilation)

2. Pons - respiratin

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Where are visceral modulatory areas? what do they control?

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  1. Hypothalamus - overal control of homeostaces (cardiorespiratory, metabolic, water reabsorption, and digestion)
  2. Thalamus - relay station that gives the info to the limbic cortex (connection btwn visceral fxns and emotions/ psychological state)
  3. Limbic system - can produce autonomic responses (anxiety, blushing with embarrassment, crying)
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How many neurons are included in the efferent motor system of the PNS?

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two;

  1. CNS (preganglionic)
  2. PNS (postganglionic)
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What is the preganglionic neurotransmitter in the ANS? what is the receptor it binds to?

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Acytlcholine; nicotinic receptors

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What neurotransmitter do sympathetic postgangliongic neurons that go to sweat glands and some blood vessels produce? what do the receptors bind to?

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Acytlcholine; muscarinic receptors

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What neurotransmitter do most sympathetic postganglionic neurons produce? what are its target receptors?

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NE; Alpha and Beta receptors

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What does the adrenal medulla release? What receptors?

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primarily Epinephrine
secondarily NE
- alpha and beta receptors

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What neurotransmitter parasympathetic postganglionic neurons produce? what are its target receptors?

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ACh; Muscarinic receptors

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What neurotransmitter somatic neurons produce? what are its target receptors?

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ACh; nicotinic receptors

-no pre/post ganglionic neurons in somatic NS

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What spinal levels are pregagnlionic neurons located?

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What are the targets of the ANS?

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  • GI tract
  • Skin of extremities and face (sweat glands, hair sticking up, oil glands) - Only supplied by sympathetic fxn, no parasympathetic fxn
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What does the adrenergic (sympathetic) do to blood vessels? cholinergic?

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  • vasoconstriction

- cholinergic

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What are the functions of the sympathetic NS at the heart, lungs, and GI tract?

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  1. increase HR and contractility (Beta 1)
  2. Bronchodilation (beta 2)
  3. Slows down GI tract
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What are the ganglia above T1 (in the neck region)?

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  1. Superior cervical ganglion
  2. Middle cervical ganglion
  3. Stellate ganglion (inferior cervical ganglion)
    - Sympathetic fxns: control heart (BV), lungs, skin in the face (BV, sweating), pupil dilation, 1 muscle that opens the eye, thick saliva
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What regulates body temp in the sympathetic nervous system?

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  1. Increase metabolic rate (warms)
  2. Decreased blood flow to the skin (warms)
  3. Sweating (cools)
  4. Erection of hair (warms)
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What is another name for Parasympathetic NS? sympathetic?

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Cranialsacral (brainstem, S2,S4); thoracolumbar

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What is the parasympathetic function for CN III?
(oculomotor) 1. Constrict pupil 2. Increases convexity of lens – near vision
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What is the parasympathetic function for CN VII?
(facial) | - Salivary glands
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What is the parasympathetic function for CN IX?
(glossopharyngeal) 1. Salivary glands 2. Lacrimal glands
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What is the parasympathetic function for CN IX?
(vagus; 75% of brainstem autonomic efferents) 1. Heart 2. Lungs 3. Upper GI tract 4. Liver
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What is the parasympathetic function for S2-S4 nerves?
1. bowel and bladder | 2. sexual organs
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What are the unique functions in the sympathetic system that do not have an opposition by the parasympathetic NS?
1. Effectors in limbs, face and body wall | 2. Assist in elevation of upper eyelid (other part is skeletal muscle and somatic motor system)
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What are the unique functions in the parasympathetic system that do not have an opposition by the sympathetic NS?
Increasing convexity of lens
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What happens if the sympathetic innervation is lost to the skin through a peripheral nerve?
1. lose ability to vasoconstrict in the skin; skin will be flushed 2. inability to sweat - seen horner's syndrome
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Damage to cervical ganglia (either to or from); loss of pupil constriction on involved side; eye droop on involved side; flushing and loss of sweating on involved side one cause is a pancoast tumor (lung cancer in top part of the lung) grows medially and damages ganglia
Horner's Syndrome
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What problems are seen in SCIs?
1. Bowel and bladder control problems 2. BP regulation 3. Body temperature
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What problems are seen in brain stem injuries?
- visceral control area so: 1. Interfere with control of heart rate, blood pressure, respiration 2. May affect cranial nerve nuclei (many go through this area, damage to vagus nerve and other parasympathetic nerves)
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What problems are seen in hypothalamus injuries?
Disrupts homeostasis (metabolic and behavioral dysfunctions) - Weight - Temperature regulation - Emotional displays
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