Select the incorrect statement about the parasympathetic nervous system

a. It signals cardiac muscle and smooth muscle.
b. Its postganglionic fibers release norepinephrine.
c. Its preganglionic fibers release ACh.
d. Part of it originates in the brain.
e. Part of it originates in the sacral region of the spinal cord.


B

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