After sympathetic visceral motor neurons leave the spinal cord, they:   Question 31 options:   Travel directly from the spinal cord to their target organs   Travel through the dorsal root ganglion before going to their target organs   Synapse in a ganglion before going to their target organs   All of the above are correct   None of the above are correct

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