Select the Best Description of the Parasympathetic Postganglionic Neurons

question 41

Multiple Choice

Select the best description of the parasympathetic postganglionic neurons:

• A) cell bodies are in terminal ganglia
• B) axons are myelinated
• C) cell bodies are in sympathetic trunk ganglia (vertebral chain ganglia) or prevertebral ganglia
• D) cell bodies are in the brain stem nuclei of the oculomotor (III), facial (VII), glossopharyngeal (IX), and vagus (X) nerves
• E) axons tend to be long

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