Question

Sympathetic nervous system is also called?

Answer 1

• The autonomic nervous system controls the internal organs and glands of the body.
• There are three divisions of the autonomic nervous system- the sympathetic nervous system, the parasympathetic nervous system, and the enteric nervous system.
• In the sympathetic nervous system, the cell bodies of the preganglionic neurons are located in the lateral horns of the grey matter of the 12th thoracic and first 2 lumbar segments of the spinal cord.
• Therefore, the sympathetic system is also called the thoracolumbar division.