LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 18, Problem 8MC
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Introduction:
Preganglionic nerves are located in the brain stem, and postganglionic nerves are located outside the central nervous system. These nerves help in the transmission of nerve impulse.
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Which of the following releases norepinephrine as a neurotransmitter?
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A. preganglionic sympathetic axons that synapse in a sympathetic trunk ganglion.
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E. None of the choices is correct.
A preganglionic neuron
A.
has its unmyelinated axon extending from the ganglion to the effector
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has it unmyelinated axon in the CNS & the axon extends to an autonomic ganglion
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has its cell body in the CNS & the dendrite extends to an autonomic ganglion
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Chapter 18 Solutions
LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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