Autonomic nerves exit the central nervous system into specialized areas known as the:

a. Peripheral nervous system
b. Endocrine system
c. Autonomic ganglia
d. Somatic nervous system


c
Rationale: a. The peripheral nervous system refers more correctly to all nervous tissue outside of the CNS.
b. The endocrine system the endocrine, although closely related with the nervous system is not a component of the nervous system.
c. Correct.
d. The somatic nervous system is not part of the autonomic nervous system.

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