The postganglionic sympathetic neurons innervating the gastrointestinal tract lie in which ganglia?

A. dorsal root ganglia
B. nodose ganglia
C. ventral horn of the spinal cord
D. paravertebral ganglia
E. prevertebral ganglia


ANS: E

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