Sympathetic

Question 1

Sympathetic Preganglionic cell bodies located in ______________

Answer 1

Lateral horn of cord levels T1-L2 or 3

Question 2

From the cord, pregang sympathetics exit in anterior rootlets, follow anterior primary ramus, and exit the anterior primary ramus to ENTER THE SYMPATHETIC TRUNK VIA ___________

Answer 2

The white ramus communicans

Question 3

SOME pregang fibers pass through the symp trunk to be carried in splanchnic nerves to synapse in _____________ associated with ______________

Answer 3

Synapse in PREVERTEBRAL PLEXUSES associated with ABDOMINOPELVIC VISCERA

Question 4

Sympathetic trunk extends from _________________ inferior to ______________

Answer 4

Superior cervical ganglion

Ganglion impar

Question 5

21-22 ganglia in each trunk.  
\_\_ cervical
\_\_ thoracic
\_\_ lumbar
\_\_ sacral ganglia

Answer 5

3 C
11 T
4 L
4 S

Question 6

Sympathetic trunk located:

Posterior to ____________ in the cervical area

Anterior to ____________ in the upper thoracic area

Rest on the lateral aspect of ____________ in the lower thoracic and lumbar areas

Answer 6

Carotid sheath

Necks of the ribs

Vertebral bodies

Question 7

From what cord levels do pre-ganglionics come from that go to the

Head
Heart

Answer 7

T1-2

T1-4

Question 8

From what cord levels do pre-ganglionics come from that go to the

Lungs
Upper Extremity

Answer 8

T2-4

T3-7

Question 9

From what cord levels do pre-ganglionics come from that go to the

Abdominal Viscera
Kidney

Answer 9

T5-12

T12

Question 10

From what cord levels do pre-ganglionics come from that go to the

Pelvic Viscera
Lower Extremity

Answer 10

T10-L2

T10-L2