• Understand the major divisions of the autonomic nervous system - central and peripheral
• Understand the major effects, anatomical location and neurotransmitters of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system
• Understand the three main roles of the central part of the autonomic nervous system
• Understand causes of brain death and principles of brain stem death testing
• Appreciate the importance of pharmacology and its effect on the autonomic nervous system

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• What is the somatic nervous system?
• What is the autonomic nervous system?
• What are the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system?
• Sympathetic nervous system
• Applied pharmacology of the sympathetic nervous system
• Parasympathetic nervous system
• Applied pharmacology of the parasympathetic nervous system
• Features of autonomic dysfunction
• Causes of autonomic dysfunction
• Manipulation of the autonomic nervous system
• The central autonomic nervous system