alleryStart learning →Sympathetic fibres emerge from which spinal regions?
AThoracic and lumbar
BThoracic and sacral
CCervical and lumbar
DCervical and sacral
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Thoracic and lumbar
1. The name thoracolumbar gives it away.
2. The lumbar contribution is the upper part.
3. The sympathetic division emerges from the thoracic and upper lumbar spinal cord.
4. So the answer is thoracic and lumbar.
_Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 15 'The Autonomic Nervous System'_
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