The Autonomic Nervous System Controls All of the Following Except

question 44

Multiple Choice

The autonomic nervous system controls all of the following except the __________.

• A) adrenal gland
• B) smooth muscle in the walls of the aorta
• C) cardiac muscle in the right atrium
• D) skeletal muscle in the rectus abdominis
• E) parotid salivary gland

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