Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 70

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Sympathetic origin is craniosacral; parasympathetic is thoracolumbar.
• B) Sympathetic ganglia are close to the CNS; parasympathetic ganglia are close to the organs they serve.
• C) Sympathetic division has short preganglionic fibers and long postganglionic fibers; parasympathetic division has long preganglionic fibers and short postganglionic fibers.
• D) Sympathetic has extensive branching of preganglionic fibers, and parasympathetic has little branching of preganglionic fibers.

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Definitions:

Frequency Polygon

A graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data. It is a line graph of class frequencies plotted against mid-point values.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

Outliers

Data points that significantly differ from other observations in a dataset, potentially indicating a measurement error or a different underlying process.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data, aiming to provide a description of the set’s overall behavior.