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The Autonomic Nervous System
Chapter 14
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Introduction The stability of our internal environment
depends largely on the autonomic nervous system
Autonomic nervous system(ANS) receives signals from visceral organs
The ANS makes adjustments as necessary to ensure optical support for body system
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Overview of the ANS The autonomic nervous system differs in
it’s– Effectors– Efferent pathways– Target organs
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Effectors of ANS The somatic nervous system stimulates
skeletal muscles The ANS innervates cardiac and smooth
muscles and glands
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Efferent Pathways and Ganglia In the somatic system
– Cell bodies are within the central nervous system
– Axons extend to the muscles they serve– Somatic motor fibers are thick, heavily
myelinated Type A fibers that conduct impulses very rapidly
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Efferent Pathways and Ganglia In the autonomic nervous system
– The motor unit is a two neuron chain– The cell body of the first neuron, the
preganglionic neuron, resides in the brain or spinal cord
– Its axon, the preganglionic axon, synapses with the second motor neuron, the post- ganglionic neuron, in an autonomic ganglion outside the central nervous system
– The postganglionic axon then extends to the effector organ
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Efferent Pathways and Ganglia
Axons of most preganglionic neurons run from the CNS to synapse in a peripheral autonomic ganglion with a postganglionic neuron
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Efferent Pathways and Ganglia
Axons of postganglionic neurons run from the ganglion to the effectors (cardiac and smooth muscle fibers and glands)
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Efferent Pathways and Ganglia Preganglionic axons are lightly myelinated
thin fibers Postganglionic axons are even thinner and
are unmyelinated Conduction though the autonomic chain is
slower than through the somatic motor Many pre and postganglionic fibers are
incorporated into spinal or cranial nerves for most of their course
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Efferent Pathways and Ganglia Remember that autonomic ganglion are
motor ganglia, containing the cell bodies of motor neurons
They are sites of synapse and information transmission from pre to postganglionic neurons
Also note that the somatic motor division lacks ganglia entirely
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Neurotransmitter Effects All somatic motor neurons release
acetylcholine at their synapses with their effectors, skeletal muscle fibers
The effect is always excitatory, and if stimulation reaches threshold, the skeletal muscle fibers contacts
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Neurotransmitter Effects Neurotransmitters released onto visceral
effector organs by postganglionic autonomic fibers include– Norepinephrine secreted by most sympathetic
fibers– Acetylcholine released by parasympathetic
fibers Depending on the receptors present on the
target organ, its response to these neuro- transmitters may be either excitation or inhibition
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Overlap of Somatic & Autonomic Higher brain centers regulate and
coordinate both somatic and visceral motor activities
Nearly spinal nerves and many cranial nerves contain both somatic and autonomic fibers
Most of the body’s adaptations to changing internal and external conditions involve both skeletal activity and enhanced response of visceral organs
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Divisions of ANS There are two division of the ANS
– Parasympathetic– Sympathetic
Generally the two divisions serve the same visceral organs but cause essentially opposite effects
If one division stimulates certain smooth muscle to contract or a gland to secrete, the other division inhibits that action
Through this process of duel innervation the two systems counterbalance each other
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Divisions of ANS The sympathetic part mobilizes the body
during extreme situations (such as fear, exercise or rage)
The parasympathetic division allows us to unwind as it performs maintenance activities and conserves body energy
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Role of Parasympathetic Division The parasympathetic division is most
effective in non-stressful situations This division is chiefly concerned with
keeping body energy use as low as possible, even as it directs body processes such as digestion and elimination
Resting and digesting division
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Role of Sympathetic Division Its activity is evident when we are excited or
find ourselves in emergency or threatening situations (frightened)
Pounding heart; rapid, deep breathing; cold, sweaty skin; and dilated eyes are signs
Also changes in brain wave patterns Its function is to provide the optimal
conditions for an appropriate response to some threat (run / see / think)
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Role of Sympathetic Division During exercise the sympathetic division
also promotes physiological adjustments– Visceral blood supply is diminished– Blood is shunted to working musculature– Bronchioles of the lungs dilate to increase
ventilation– Liver releases more sugar into blood stream
to support metabolism
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Anatomy of ANS The sympathetic and parasympathetic
divisions are distinguished by– Unique sites of origin– Different lengths of their fibers– Location of their ganglia
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Anatomy of ANS Unique origin sites
– Parasympathetic fibers emerge from the brain and spinal cord at the sacral level
– Sympathetic fibers originate from the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord
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Anatomy of ANS Different Lengths of their Fibers
– Parasympathetic division has long preganglionic and short postganglionic fibers
– Sympathetic is the opposite with short preganglionic and long postganglionic fibers
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Anatomy of ANS Length of their Ganglia
– Most parasympathetic ganglia are located in the visceral effector organs
– Sympathetic ganglia lie close to the spinal cord
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Parasympathetic Division The parasympathetic emerge from
opposite ends of the central nervous system
The preganglionic axons extend from the CNS nearly all the way to the structures to be innervated
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Parasympathetic Division
The preganglionic neurons synapse with the ganglionic neurons located in terminal ganglia
Very short post ganglionic axons issue from the terminal ganglia and synapse with effector cells in their immediate area
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Parasympathetic Division
Several cranial nerves contain outflow of the parasympathetic
Preganglionic fibers run in the oculomotor, facial, glossopharyngeal, and vagus nerve
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Cranial Outflow Oculomotor nerve III
– The parasympathetic fibers of the oculomotor nerves innervate smooth muscles of the eye
• Constrictor muscles of iris cause pupil to constrict
• Ciliary muscle within the orbits of the eye controls lense shape for visual focusing
• Allow the eye to focus on close objects in the visual field
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Cranial Outflow Facial Nerves VII
– The parasympathetic fibers of the facial nerves stimulate the secretory activity of many large glands of the head
• The pathway activates the nasal glands and the lacrimal glands of the eyes
• The preganglionic fibers then run to synapse with ganglionic neurons in the pterygopalatine ganglia stimulating the submandibular and sublingual salivary glands
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Cranial Outflow Glossopharyngeal
(IX)– The
parasympathetic nerves originate in the medulla and activate the parotid salivary gland
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Cranial Outflow Vagus nerves (X)
– The major portion of the parasympathetic cranial outflow is via the vagus nerves
– The two vagus nerves account for an estimated 90% of all preganglionic parasympathetic fibers in the body
– They provide fibers to the neck and contribute to nerve plexuses that serve virtually every organ in the thoracic and abdominal cavity
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Cranial Outflow The vagus nerve
fibers arise from the dorsal motor of the medulla and terminate by synapsing in terminal ganglia that are usually located in the walls of the target organ
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Cranial Outflow Most of the terminal ganglia are not
individually named; instead they are collectively called intramural ganglia, literally ganglia “within the walls”
As the vagus nerves passes into the thorax, they send branches to autonomic plexuses– Cardiac plexuses– Pulmonary plexuses– Esophageal plexuses
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Cranial Outflow When the vagus
nerves reach the esophagus, their fibers intermingle to form the anterior and posterior vagal trunks
Each trunk carries fibers from both vargus nerves
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Cranial Outflow The vagal trunks
ride the esophagus down to enter the abdominal cavity
They send fibers to form the aortic plexuses (formed by the celiac, superior mesenteric and hypogastric)
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Cranial Outflow Abdominal organs
which receive vagal innervation include the liver, gallbladder, stomach, small intestine, kidneys, pancreas, and the proximal half of the large intestine
The rest of the cavity are innervated by the sacral outflow
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Sacral Outflow The sacral outflow
arises from neurons located in the lateral horn of the spinal cord at S2 - S4
The axons of these neurons run in the ventral roots of the spinal nerves to the ventral rami
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Sacral Outflow From the ventral
rami the neurons branch to form the pelvic splanchnic nerves
Most neurons synapse in the intramural ganglia located in the walls of the distal large intestine, urinary bladder and reproductive organs
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Sympathetic Division The sympathetic division innervates
more organs It supplies not only the visceral organs in
the internal body cavities, but also the visceral structures in the superficial part of the body– Sweat glands– Arrector pili– Arteries and veins
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Sympathetic Division All preganglionic
fibers in the sympathetic division arise from cell bodies of preganglionic neurons located in spinal cord segments from T1 through L2
It is also called the thoracolumbar
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Sympathetic Division After leaving the cord
via the ventral root, the preganglionic sympathetic fibers pass through a white ramus communicans to enter the adjoining chain (paravertebral) ganglion forming part of the sympathetic trunk or chain
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Sympathetic Division The sympathetic
trunks flank each side of the vertebral column and appear as strands of white beads
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Sympathetic Division Although the
sympathetic trunks extend from the neck to the pelvis, sympathetic fibers arise only from the thoracic and lumbar spinal cord segments
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Sympathetic Division The ganglia vary in size, position, and
number, but there are typically 23 ganglia in each sympathetic chain…– 3 cervical– 11 thoracic– 4 lumbar– 4 sacral– 1 coccygeal
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Sympathetic Division Once a preganglionic
axon reaches a paravertebral ganglion one of three things can happen to it
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Sympathetic Division Once a preganglionic
axon reaches a paravertebral ganglion one of three things can happen to it…1. It can synapse with a
ganglionic neuron within the same chain ganglion
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Sympathetic Division Once a preganglionic
axon reaches a paravertebral ganglion one of three things can happen to it…2. It can ascend or descend
the sympathetic chain to synapse in another chain ganglion
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Sympathetic Division Once a preganglionic
axon reaches a paravertebral ganglion one of three things can happen to it…3. It can pass through the
chain ganglion and emerge from the sympathetic chain without synapsing
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Sympathetic Division Preganglionic fibers
which emerge from the sympathetic chain without synapsing help to form the splanchnic nerves which synapse with prevertebral or collateral ganglia
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Sympathetic Division The prevertebral
ganglia are located anterior to the vertebral column
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Sympathetic Division Unlike the paravertebral ganglia the
prevertebral ganglia . . .– Are neither paired nor segmentally arranged– They occur only in the abdomen and pelvis
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Sympathetic Division Note: Regardless of where the synapse occurs,
all sympathetic ganglia lie close to the spinal cord
The postganglionic fibers which run from the ganglion to the organs are typically much long than the preganglionic fibers
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Visceral Reflexes The visceral sensory neurons are the first
link in the autonomic reflexes These neurons send information
concerning chemical changes, stretch, and irritation of the viscera
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Visceral Reflexes Visceral reflex arcs have essentially the
same components as somatic reflex arcs– Receptor– Sensory neuron– Integration center– Motor neuron– Effector
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Visceral Reflexes
Visceral reflex arcs differ in that they have a two-neuron chain
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Visceral Reflexes Nearly all sympathetic and parasympathetic
fibers are accompanied by afferent fibers conducting sensory impulses from glands or muscular structures
Thus, peripheral processes of visceral sensory neurons are found in cranial nerves, VII, IX, and X, the splanchnic nerves, and the sympathetic trunk, as well as the spinal nerves
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Visceral Reflexes Like sensory neurons serving somatic
structures (skeletal muscles and skin) The cell bodies of visceral sensory
neurons are located in the sensory ganglia of associated cranial nerves or in the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord
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Visceral Reflexes Visceral sensory reflexes are also found
within sympathetic ganglia where synapses with preganglionic neurons occur
Complete three-neuron reflex arcs (sensory, motor, and intrinsic neurons) exist within the walls of the gastro-intestinal tract– Enteric nervous system– Controls gastrointestinal activity
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Visceral Reflexes The fact that
visceral pain travels along the same pathways as somatic pain fibers helps to explain the phenomenon of referred pain in which pain stimuli arising in the viscera is perceived as somatic in origin
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Visceral Reflexes A heart attach may
produce a sensation of pain that radiates to the superior thoracic wall and along the medial aspect of the left arm
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Visceral Reflexes Since the same
spinal segments (T1-T5) innervate both the heart and the regions to which pain signals from heart tissue are referred, the brain interprets most such inputs as coming from the somatic pathway
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Visceral Reflexes Additional
cutaneous areas to which visceral pain is referred
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Chapter 14 This concludes the material for which
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