RT Book, Section
A1 Waxman, Stephen G.
SR Print(0)
ID 1186190363
T1 The Autonomic Nervous System
T2 Clinical Neuroanatomy, 29e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260452358
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1186190363
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  autonomic  (visceral)  nervous  system  (ANS)  is  concerned  with  control  of  target  tissues:  the  cardiac  muscle,  the  smooth  muscle  in  blood  vessels  and  viscera,  and  the  glands.  It  helps  maintain  a  constant  internal  body  environment  (homeostasis).  The  ANS  consists  of  efferent  pathways,  afferent  pathways,  and  groups  of  neurons  in  the  brain  and  spinal  cord  that  regulate  the  system’s  functions.  It  is  modulated  by  supraspinal  centers  such  as  brain  stem  nuclei  and  the  hypothalamus.