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sympathetic chain what is another name for the paravertebral ganglion?
T1-L2 where does the paravertebral ganglion exit the spinal cord from?
paravertebral ganglion rests along the vertebral bodies
prevertebral ganglion located anterior to the vertebral column
ganglion a culmination of cell bodies
splanchnic nerve connects the spinal nerve to the prevertebral ganglion
paravertebral ganglion/ventral ramus what two structures do the white and gray rami
communicans connect from T1-L2?
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white rami motor neurons always enter which rami first to get to the paravertebral
ganglion?
lateral horn/ventral horn/ventral root/spinal nerve/ventral ramus/white rami
communicans/paravertebral ganglion/gray rami communicans/dorsal ramus what
landmarks does a sympathetic neuron from T1-L2 travel through to get to the back?
blood vessels/erector pili muscles/sweat glands postganglionic fibers from T1-L2 travel to
what three landmarks on the anterior/posterior trunk?
paravertebral ganglion where does the preganglionic fiber synapse into a postganglionic
fiber?
C1-C4 superior cervical ganglion range
C5-C6 middle cervical ganglion range
C7-T1 inferior cervical ganglion range
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head/neck/upper limbs what three landmarks do preganglionic fibers travel through
cervical ganglion to get to?
T1-T4 in what section of the sympathetic system can preganglionic fibers travel to C1-
C8?
T12-L2 in what section of the sympathetic system can preganglionic fibers travel to the
lower limbs?
intestines/kidneys/liver/pancreas/bladder/genitals postganglionic fibers from T5-L2 go to
what six organs?
T5-L2 what range of the spinal cord sends postganglionic fibers to organs inferior to the
diaphragm?
splanchnic nerve what do preganglionic fibers from T5-L2 travel through to get to the
prevertebral ganglion?