The abdominal _______ plexus consists of the celiac plexus, superior mesenteric plexus, and inferior mesenteric plexus.
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Question 2) Autonomic _________ are collections of sympathetic postganglionic axons and parasympathetic preganglionic axons, as well as some visceral sensory axons.
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Question 3) An axon takes the ______ nerve pathway if a preganglionic neuron synapses with a ganglionic neuron in a sympathetic trunk ganglion.
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Question 4) Our body responds to the osmolarity of our blood plasma, but we are not consciously aware of it. Because we respond but are not aware, this is an example of a sensation, but not of a stimulus.
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Question 5) _______ nerves are composed of preganglionic sympathetic axons that did not synapse in a sympathetic ganglion.
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Question 6) The ________ ganglia differ from the sympathetic trunk ganglia segments in that they are single structures, rather than paired.
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Question 7) The _______ mesenteric ganglion receives preganglionic sympathetic neurons from the T10-T12 segments of the spinal cord.
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Question 8) Both the cardiac plexus and the _______ plexus consist of postganglionic sympathetic axons from the thoracic sympathetic trunk ganglia and preganglionic axons from the vagus nerve.
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Question 9) The sympathetic preganglionic neuron cell bodies are housed in the _______ horn of the appropriate thoracolumbar regions of the spinal cord.
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Question 10) The parasympathetic postganglionic axons that travel to the pupillary constrictor muscle result in pupil ________ when the eye is exposed to bright light.
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