Anatomy and Physiology of the Autonomic Nervous System
10.21790/rvs.2017.16.4.101
- Author:
Byung Rim PARK
1
Author Information
1. Department of Physiology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea. byungp@wku.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Sympathetic nerve;
Parasympathetic nerve;
Solitary tract nucleus;
Ventrolateral medulla;
Intermediolateral nucleus;
Vestibular nucleus
- MeSH:
Autonomic Nervous System;
Brain Stem;
Homeostasis;
Physiology;
Reflex;
Solitary Nucleus;
Spinal Cord;
Spinal Cord Lateral Horn;
Viscera
- From:Journal of the Korean Balance Society
2017;16(4):101-107
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) integrates the function of the internal organs for the homeostasis against various external environmental changes. The efferent components of the ANS are regulated by sensory signals arising from the viscera as well as non-visceral organs. The central neural networks that integrate these sensory signals and modify visceral motor output are complex, and synaptic reflexes formed in the brainstem and spinal cord integrate behavioral responses and visceral responses through the central neural networks. A detailed understanding of the neural network presented above may explain the role of the vestibular system on the homeostasis more extensively.
