Although the Heart Does Not Require the Nervous System to Initiate

question 98

Multiple Choice

Although the heart does not require the nervous system to initiate contraction events _______________

• A) it is parasympathetically innervated via cardiac nerve fibres.
• B) it is parasympathetically innervated by vagus nerve fibres.
• C) it is innervated by the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system only.
• D) it is innervated by cortical nerve fibres.

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