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Autonomic Nervous System (Lecture 1) Duration: 41:52 0.75 CME
Nervous System / Neuroanatomy


Learning Objectives

* 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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