Sympathetic Ganglia

Question 0

Preganglionic nerve fibers

Answer 0

White ramus communicate
Originate in thoracic and lumbar segments of spinal cord
-specifically t1-l2

Question 1

Sympathetic ganglion fibers Innervate

Answer 1

Many organs
Innervate at ratio 1:20- multiple places at the same time
- 1 ganglion= up to 20 organs

Question 2

Sympathetic ganglia

Answer 2

Run adjacent to, up and down, bilateral to the spinal cord

Question 3

Postganglionic nerve fibers

Answer 3

Gray ramus communicate
Leave the peripheral ganglion
On their way to Innervate smooth muscle/gland
Traveling in the mixed spinal nerve