Gary, who is sick with a cold, sneezed on you during lunch. Determine which line of defense provides initial protection for you

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The first line of defense, which includes surface barriers, protects you initially. Your skin and mucosae are surface barriers and provide a continuous physical block to entry of pathogens into the body. Keratin, oil (sebum), and mucus prevent invasion by pathogens.

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Once inside the sympathetic trunk, the sympathetic preganglionic axons may/will

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Epinephrine and norepinephrine are secreted by the

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