Thoracolumbar Output

Question 1

T1-T5

Answer 1

up to the superior, middle, and inferior cervical ganglia, then on to the carotid, cardiac, pulmonary, and esophageal plexuses to serve eyes, lacrimal glands, salivary glands, esophagus, heart, and bronchioles

Question 2

T5-T9

Answer 2

right through the sympathetic trunk ganglia and on to become the greater splanchnic nerve and on to the celiac ganglion to serve the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, stomach, and pancreas

Question 3

T10-T11

Answer 3

• right through the sympathetic trunk ganglia to become the less splanchnic nerve, branching to the superior mesenteric ganglion to feed the small intestine and colon
• right through the sympathetic trunk ganglia to become the lesser splanchnic nerve, directly to the chromaffin cells of the adrenal gland to release epinephrine and norepinephrine into the blood

-right through the sympathetic trunk ganglia to become the less splanchnic nerve, then on to the aortic renal ganglion to serve the renal parenchyma and ureters

Question 4

T12

Answer 4

right through the sympathetic trunk ganglia to become the least splanchnic nerve, then on the renal ganglion to serve the renal parenchyma and ureters

Question 5

L1-L3

Answer 5

right through the sympathetic trunk ganglia to become the lumbar splanchnic nerve, then on to the inferior mesenteric ganglion to feed the colon and rectum

Question 6

Sacral Trunk Ganglion

Answer 6

from some part of the sacral region to the hypogastric plexus, then on to feed the urinary bladder and male/female external genitalia