The nurse educator is teaching a group of nurses about various pharmaceutical agents. The group begins discussing drugs for erectile dysfunction
Which statement by one of the nurses best de-monstrates understanding of these drugs? "The division of the nervous system that is physiolog-ically the most involved with erection is the _____ division." a. parasympathetic
b. sympathetic
c. autonomic
d. somatic
A
Sexual arousal increases parasympathetic nerve traffic to the penis.
These divisions of the nervous system are not physiologically most involved with erection.
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