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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
Chapter 14: The Autonomic Nervous System
After attending this series of lectures and studying the text and lecture
presentations and notes the student should be able to:
1. Describe the functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
2. Compare and contrast pre-ganglionic and post-ganglionic nerve fibers of sympathetic versus
parasympathetic nervous system divisions.
d. Ganglia location 3. Compare and contrast neurotransmitters utilized by the somatic, sympathetic, and parasympathetic
divisions.