CORRECT ANSWERS UPDATED FOR 2025/2026.
sympathetic -Fight or Flight
-Adrenergic Nuerons
-For situations that require alertness and energy
-Increases caardiac output, increase RR, released store energy, dilates pupils
-In emergencies lowers needs from things like digestion and urination
Parasympathetic -rest and digest
-Cholinergic neurons
- Used in regular situations (restores and conserves)
-slows down heartbeat, decreased RR, stimulates digestion, stores weight
Drugs affecting the Sympathetic (Adrenergic) Nervous System
-Alpha- Adrenergic physiological activities -vasoconstriction of arterioles/ higher BP
-pupil dilation
-intestinal relaxation
Drugs affecting the Sympathetic (Adrenergic) Nervous System
-Beta-adrenergic physiological activities -Increased heart rate
-increased contractility
-vasodilation of arterioles supplying skeletal muscles
-bronchial relaxation
-uterine relaxation & smooth muscle relaxation