An important physiologic distinction between the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous system is:

A) the sympathetic ganglia are close to the spinal cord.
B) only the sympathetic division innervates the target organs or tissue directly.
C) the parasympathetic nervous system contains no ganglionic fibers.
D) the sympathetic division does not use acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter.


A

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