If You Were to Cut the Axon Entering the Autonomic

question 13

Multiple Choice

If you were to cut the axon entering the autonomic ganglion, and then stimulate the axon of the postganglionic neuron, what would happen to the effector of that pathway?

• A) it would be activated in the normal manner
• B) it would be activated, but in the opposite manner from normal
• C) it would not be activated
• D) it depends on whether it is the sympathetic or parasympathetic branch

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