Summary physiology 2 exam 2 study guide

Peripheral
autonomic nervous
system

, Visceral Motor Effectors
Have an understanding of these locations!


• Smooth Muscle • Heart • Glandula
• Within vasculature • Cardiac muscle in walls of • Sweat glands
(vascular smooth muscle) ventricles & atria
• Skin, GI, Skeletal Muscle…
• Salivary glands
• SA & AV nodes • Pancreas
• Within walls of GI tract
• Sphincters (GI & GU) • Stomach
• Within walls of bladder • Miscellaneous
• Within eye • Adipose tissue
• Iris (dilate & constrict pupil)
• Liver
• Ciliary (near/far
accommodation) • Kidney

, Sympathetic Nervous System
“fight or flight”

EGI tract
present on autonomic nerve terminals



Alpha-2:

↑ smooth muscle activity
RARE; autoreceptors (symp) & heteroreceptors (para)
↑ activity of heart & metabolism
↓ smooth muscle activity




Exception




Paraympathetic Nervous System
“Rest & digest”