A woman brings her 4-year-old daughter to the pediatrician because of continuing problems with vomiting, constipation, and abdominal distension. Extensive examination results in a diagnosis of an aganglionic colon. The girl has a deficiency in which of the following neural cell types?

(A) Pseudounipolar sensory neurons
(B) Presynaptic sympathetic neurons
(C) Presynaptic parasympathetic neurons
(D) Postsynaptic sympathetic neurons
(E) Postsynaptic parasympathetic neurons


Answer: (E) Postsynaptic parasympathetic neurons

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