Clinical Neuroscience Week 2| 100 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is the role of the autonomic nervous system? correct answer: -regulates homeostasis: RRC DMSB -respiration, reproduction, circulation, digestion, metabolism, secretions, body temperature Where are the afferents and efferents from in the ANS? correct answer: -aff: from viscera -eff: motor to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, glands What are the receptors of the ANS? correct answer: mechano, chemo, thermo, nociceptors Where are mechanoreceptors located in the ANS? correct answer: -pressure: baroreceptors (aorta/carotid sinus) and lungs -stretch: veins, bladder, intestines Where are the chemoreceptors located in the ANS? correct answer: carotid and aortic bodies, medulla, hypothalamus, taste buds, olfactory bulbs Where are nociceptors located in the ANS? correct answer: viscera and arterial walls Where are the thermoreceptors located in the ANS? correct answer: -hypothalamus: blood temperature -cutaneous: external temperature changes What are the two routes of the afferent pathways for the ANS? correct answer: 1. spinal cord via dorsal roots 2. brainstem via cranial nerves Where do cranial nerves send visceral info
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