Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) | Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems
Let's review the anatomy and neurotransmitter of the autonomic nervous system parts. Understanding this system is crucial given the long COVID involving ANS.
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Reference:
PhD, John E. Hall; Michael E. Hall MD MSc. Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology (Guyton Physiology) 14th Edition (p. 721). Kindle Edition.
Definition
The autonomic nervous system is the portion of the nervous system that controls most visceral functions of the body. This system helps to control arterial pressure, gastrointestinal motility, gastrointestinal secretion, urinary bladder emptying, sweating, body temperature, and many other activities. Some of these activities are controlled almost entirely and some only partially by the autonomic nervous system.
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* Recognize ANS characteristics: Involuntary and coordination with the endocrine system.
* Identify PNS components: Efferent and afferent divisions.
* Differentiate somatic and autonomic efferent pathways.
* Understand autonomic system subdivisions: Enteric, parasympathetic, and sympathetic.
* Grasp ANS anatomical aspects: Cell body location, neuron length, neurotransmitters, ganglion location, and ramus type.
* Distinguish between sympathetic and parasympathetic systems: Neuron length and neurotransmitters.
* Understand functions of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
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