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Q: Why sympathetic trunk is called trunk?
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Once a sympathetic preganglionic axon reaches a trunk ganglion what can it do?

it can 1. synapse with a ganglionic neuron in the same trunk ganglion, 2. ascend or descend the sympathetic trunk to synapse in another trunk ganglion or 3. pass through the trunk ganglion and emerge from the sympathetic trunk without synapsing The answer: Synapse with a parasympathetic neuron in the same trunk ganglion


What ramus branches that belong to the sympathetic nervous system?

The sympathetic nervous system branches include the sympathetic trunk and the splanchnic nerves. The sympathetic trunk contains the sympathetic ganglia, which are responsible for sending signals to various target organs in the body. The splanchnic nerves innervate the abdominal organs and play a role in regulating their function.


Why is a trunk port called a trunk?

a trunk port is called a trunk because it is part of the back end of a car - ie a trunk.


What is the stem of a tree called?

The stem of the tree is called the trunk and the outermost part of the trunk is called the bark of the trunk.


What is the sympathetic chain of collateral ganglia?

It is a bone that are paired into two that why it is called sympathetic chain....


What is a knot-like swelling in a nerve where the cell bodies of neurons are concentrated?

Paravertbral ganglia (aka sympathetic trunk ganglia)


Which sympathetic fibers form the splanchnic nerve?

Those that pass through the trunk ganglion to synapse in collateral or prevertebral ganglia


What were northerners called who were sympathetic to the south?

Copperheads


What is the name of the lo an long appendage that hangs from elephants face?

a trunk


What is a large traveling trunk called?

It is a saratoga trunk


What is a trunk on a jeep called?

The traditional Jeep does not have a trunk.


Sympathetic nerves may leave the spinal cord at which vertebra?

Preganglionic sympathetic axons leave the spinal cord throughout the thoracic spine and the upper lumber spine (T1-L2).These preganglionic sympathetic axons exit the spinal canal within the anterior primary ramus and then quickly separate to travel via the white ramus communicans to the ipsilateral sympathetic trunk.