The Anatomy of the Autonomic Nervous System With Special Reference to the Innervation of the Skeletal Muscles and Blood Vessels
Authors: S. W. Ranson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 February 1933The Anatomy of the Autonomic Nervous System With Special Reference to the Innervation of the Skeletal Muscles and Blood VesselsS. W. RANSON, M.D.S. W. RANSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-8-1013 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt will avoid confusion if at the beginning of this symposium we recognize that the sympathetic nervous system as defined in descriptive anatomy is not exactly what the physiologist has in mind when he uses this much abused term. The anatomist thinks of the system as he sees it in the dissecting room, and we shall begin with this simple approach and later define the term in the more restricted sense in which Dr. Cannon will probably use it.The sympathetic nervous system, in the anatomical sense, is an aggregation of ganglia, nerves, and plexuses through which the viscera, glands,...Bibliography1 WOOLLARD HH: The innervation of blood vessels, Heart, 1926, xiii, 319-336. Google Scholar2 BURNS BI: Personal communication. Google Scholar3 WIEDHOPF O: Der Verlauf der Gefässnerven in den Extremitäten und deren Wirkung bei der periarteriellen Sympathektomie, Münch. med. Wchnschr., 1925, lxxii, 413-417. Google Scholar4 STÖHR P: Über die Innervation der Pia mater des Menschen, Ztschr. f. d. ges. Anat., 1922, lxiii, 562-607.—Beobachtungen über die Innervation der Pia mater des Rückenmarkes und der Telae chorioideae beim Menschen, Ztschr. f. d. ges. Anat., 1922, lxiv, 555-564. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 HASSIN GB: The nerve supply of the cerebral blood vessels, Proc. Assoc. Research Nerv. Ment. Dis., 1930, ix, 437. Google Scholar6 CLARK SL: Innervation of the blood vessels of the medulla and spinal cord, Jr. Comp. Neur., 1929, xlviii, 247-265. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 FORBESWOLFF HSHG: Cerebral circulation; vasomotor control of cerebral vessels, Arch. Neur. and Psych., 1928, xix, 1057-1086. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 BOEKE J: Die morphologische Grundlage der sympatischen Innervation der quergestreiften Muskelfasern, Ztschr. f. Mikr.-anat. Forschung, 1927, Bd. 8, S. 561. Google Scholar9 AGDUHR E: Sympathetic innervation of the muscles of the extremities, Verhand. d. k. Akad. v. Wetensch. Amsterdam, 1920, 2 sect., deel 20, p. 1. Google Scholar10 KULCHITSKY N: Nerve endings in the muscles of the frog, Jr. Anat., 1924-1925, lix, 1-17. Google Scholar11 KUNTZ A: On the distribution of unmyelinated fibers in muscles of the extremities following degeneration of the somatic nerves, Anat. Rec., 1927, xxxv, 17. Google Scholar12 HUNTER JI: The influence of the sympathetic nervous system in the genesis of the rigidity of striated muscle in spastic paralysis, Surg., Gynec., and Obst., 1924, xxxix, 721-743. Google Scholar13 ROYLE ND: The treatment of spastic paralysis by sympathetic ramisection, Surg., Gynec., and Obst., 1924, xxxix, 701-720. Google Scholar14 HINSEY JC: Some observations on the innervation of skeletal muscle of the cat, Jr. Comp. Neur., 1927, xliv, 87-195. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15 WILKINSON HJ: The innervation of striated muscle, Med. Jr. Australia, 1929, ii, 768-793. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16 TOWER SS: Further study of the sympathetic innervation to skeletal muscle; anatomical considerations, Jr. Comp. Neur., 1931, liii, 177-203. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17 WILKINSON HJ: Experimental studies on the innervation of striated muscle, Jr. Comp. Neur., 1930, li, 129-151. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18 HINES M: Studies on innervation of skeletal muscle; innervation of the extrinsic eye muscles of the rabbit, Am. Jr. Anat., 1931, xlvii, 1-53. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Read before the American College of Physicians, San Francisco, California, April 8, 1932. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInfrared Thermography in SwimmingInfrared Thermography in SwimmingThe Effect of Neural Stretching Technique on Sympathetic Outflow to the Lower LimbsThermography of the Hand and Wrist: Practical ApplicationsQuantification of thermal asymmetry 1 February 1933Volume 6, Issue 8Page: 1013-1021KeywordsAutonomic nervous systemBlood vesselsGangliaNervesSkeletal musclesSympathetic nervous system ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...