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A. CARDIOPULMONARY: System

Cervical & upper thoracic

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Sympathetic

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A. CARDIOPULMONARY: Autonomic Fiber Type

Cervical & upper thoracic

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Postsynaptic

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A. CARDIOPULMONARY: Origin

Cervical & upper thoracic

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Cervical and superior thoracic sympathetic trunk

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A. CARDIOPULMONARY: Destination

Cervical & upper thoracic

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Thoracic cavity

Viscera superior to diaphragm

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B. ABDOMINOPELVIC: Fiber Type & System

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Presynaptic and Sympathetic

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B. ABDOMINOPELVIC: Origin

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Lower thoracic and abdominopelvic sympathetic trunk

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B. ABDOMINOPELVIC: Destination

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Abdominopelvic cavity
(Prevertebral ganglia serving viscera below level of diaphragm)
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B. ABDOMINOPELVIC

1. Lower Thoracic

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Fiber Type: Presynaptic
System: Sympathetic
Origin: Thoracic sympathetic trunk
Destination: abdominal prevertebral ganglion

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B. ABDOMINOPELVIC
1. Lower Thoracic
A. Greater

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Fiber type: Presynaptic
System: Sympathetic
Origin: T5-T9 (T10) level
Destination: celiac ganglia

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B. ABDOMINOPELVIC
1. Lower Thoracic
B. Lesser

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Type: Presynaptic
System: Sympathetic
Origin: T10-T11 level
Destination: Aorticorenal

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B. ABDOMINOPELVIC
1. Lower Thoracic
C. Least

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Fiber type: Presynaptic
System: Sympathetic
Origin: T12
Destination: other abdominal prevertebrate ganglia

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B. ABDOMINOPELVIC

2. Lumbar

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Fiber type: Presynaptic
System: Sympathetic
Origin: abdominal sympathetic trunk
Destination: superior and inferior messenteric ganglia and intermesenteric hypogastric plexuses

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B. ABDOMINOPELVIC

3. Sacral

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Fiber type: presynaptic
System: sympathetic
Origin: pelvic (sacral) sympathetic trunk
Destination: pelvic prevertebral ganglion

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C. PELVIC: Fiber Type

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Presynaptic

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C. PELVIC: System

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Parasympathetic

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C. PELVIC: Origin

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Anterior rami of S2-S4 spinal nerves

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C. PELVIC: Destination

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Intrinsic ganglia of descending and sigmoid colon, rectum, and pelvic viscera