| Front | Sympathetic pathway: innervating thoracic organs' smooth muscle |
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| Back | 1. Pre/symp axons enter thoracic sympathetic trunk, synapse in a chain ganglia with post/symp axon. 2. Post/symp axon courses through splanchnic nerves (along with viscerosensory axons) going medially to reach the cardiopulmonary plexus or esophageal plexus. Example: cardiac splanchnic nerve |
Tags: autonomic, nervous, system
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