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03/19/2015

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Term
Autonomic Nervous System (Efferent output)
Definition
-2 divisions:
1.sympathetic(thoracolumbar)= fight or
flight
2.parasympathetic(craniosacral)=good
housekeeping

-effector organs=cardiac and smooth muscle, endocrine and exocrine glands
Term
Regions of CNS control over autonomic activites
Definition
1.autonomic reflexes= urination and defecation
2.medulla= most activity; cardiovascular, respiratory,urinary,digestive
3.hypothalamus=integrate autonomic, somatic,and endocrine systems
4.limbic systems= basic emotional drive
5.prefrontal= personality and behaviors
Term
Dual innervation
Definition
-organs have both sympathetic and parasympathetic info (besides vessels)

1.antagonistic=opposite effects
2.complimentary=same effects
3.cooperative=both work together to get correct response
Term
cholinergic fibers
Definition
-transmit impulses by ACh
Term
adrenergic fibers
Definition
-transmit impulses by epinephrine and norepinephrine
Term
Receptors in autonomic nervous system
Definition
-muscarinic
-nicotinic


-alpha=excitatory
-beta I=excitatory
-beta III=inhibitory
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