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TCC key terms week 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Epinephrine | hormone from arenal medulla that stimulates adrenergic receptors, expecially during stress |
| Adrenergic blocker | referes to drugs that block or lower sns |
| adrenergic drug | referes to drugs that produce effects similar to stimulating the sns |
| cholinergic | referes to drugs that mimic stimulation of the pns (calm and cool) and stimulate it |
| anticholinergic | referes to drugs that decrease the activity of the pns |
| parasympathetic | referes to nerves of the ANS that originate in the brain and sacral portion of the spinal chord; they are active when the body is at rest or trying to restore body energy and function |
| sympatheic | referes to nerves of the ANS that originate from the thoracolumbar portion of the spinal chord; they are active when the body is under stress or when its exerting energy |
| Sympatholytic | "blocking" drug or effect that decreases sypmpathetic nervous system activity |
| Sympathomimetic | adrenergic drug or effect that increases syspathetic NS activity |
| Parasympatholytic | refers to drugs (anticholinergic) that decrease the activity of the PNS |
| parasympathomimetic | referes to drugs (cholinergic) that mimic stimulation of the PNS |