1. Why study ANS (autonomic nervous system): Answer Understanding of how drugscan interact with the ANS allows usto appreciate the therapeutic uses of these drugs, and to predict their likelyadverse effects. -Influences nearly every tissue in the body 2. Autonomic Pharmacology: Answer study of drugs that interact with the autonomic nervous system and their actions. Drugs which target the ANS are useful in thetreatment of a WIDE range of conditions. 3. Central nervous system (CNS): Answer brain and spinal cord -receives and processes information; initiates action 4. Peripheral nervoussystem(PNS): Answer All nervoustissue outside the CNS, includingsensory and motor neurons -transmits signals between the CNS and the rest of the body 5. Somatic nervoussystem (SNS): Answer A subdivision ofthe peripheral nervoussystem. Enables voluntary actions to be undertaken due to its control of skeletal muscles 6. Autonomic nervous system (ANS):