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11.1 Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems, Organization

Sympathetic nervous system

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A Structure of the autonomie nervous system The portion of the nervous system which innervates smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands is called the autonomie nervous system. This is further subdivided into the sympathetic (red) and parasympathetic (blue) systems, each of which has a two-neuron sequence between the CNS and its target, consisting of a presynaptic neuron in the CNS, and a postsynaptic neuron in a ganglion (PNS) close to the target organ:

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Sympathetic system: presynaptic neurons located in the lateral horns of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinał cords. Their axons exit the CNS via the ventral roots and synapsę with postsynaptic neurons in sympathetic ganglia.