Question

What Is the Relationship of the Adrenal Medulla to the Autonomic Nervous System?

Answer 1

Adrenal medulla

1. It is a neuroendocrine tissue.
2. It produces adrenaline and norepinephrine, two hormones that also serve as peripheral neurotransmitters.
3. These hormones that have a role in the fight-or-flight response.
4. In the automatic nervous system, they act as a neurotransmitter (ANS).
5. The automatic nervous system is a portion of the nervous system that manages and regulates the body's internal organs without the organism's knowledge or effort.
6. Thus, these hormones regulate the visceral organ activity during a stressful situation and hence help juxtapose the functions of the endocrine and autonomic nervous system.