A patient with a spinal cord injury complains to the nurse of the inability to experience an erection. The nurse explains, "The ____ component of the nervous system has been affected by your injury."
1. sympathetic
2. somatic
3. parasympathetic
4. cerebral cortex
3
Parasympathetic nerves release neurotransmitters, which cause the cavernosal arteriole walls to relax.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 1095
OBJ: 1 TOP: Erection with Spinal Cord Injury
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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