A nursing instructor is reviewing receptor types with a nursing student. The instructor identifies that learning has occurred when the student responds that which type of receptor is found at the ganglionic synapse of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems?
A. Alpha receptors
B. Muscarinic
C. Nicotinic
D. Beta receptors
Answer: C
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