Notes

Outline

ANS Physiology

Goals Learn the major divisions of the ANS Learn range of physiological responses under ANS control Learn the transmitters and receptors used by the ANS Learn the importance of ANS reflexes

Divisions within the PNS

Somatic vs. Autonomic Connections

Somatic vs. Autonomic Nerves

Autonomic Targets

The Sympathetic Nervous System

Fight, Fright, or Flight!

Fight or Flight Responses

Fight or Flight Targets

Parasympathetic Nervous System

Parasympathetic Responses

Rest and Digest

Transmitters and Receptors

Sympathetic Exceptions

ANS Receptor Types

Cholinergic Agonists

Definitions:

Muscarinic Drug Actions

Adrenergic Receptors

Adrenergic Receptors

Adrenergic Agonists

Adrenergic Receptors

Alpha-1 Responses

Alpha-2 Responses

Beta-1 Responses

Beta-2 Responses

Receptor Mechanisms

Organ-Response Study Card

Control of Blood Flow

Dose Response Curves…

…yield complex responses

Opposites Working Together

Synaptic Autoregulation

Control of Blood Pressure

Responses in the Eye

Micturition Reflex

Sexual Responses