LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 18, Problem 10WYL
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To determine:
The ways by which the sympathetic axons stimulate many effector organs simultaneously.
Introduction:
The sympathetic division is much more complex than the parasympathetic division. The sympathetic preganglionic neuron originates from the lateral horn of the T1-L2 segments of the spinal cord.
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