A patient in a car accident fractured a thoracic vertebrae, and sustained damage to the nerve rootlets leaving the intravertebral foramen at the same level. The autonomic structure(s) likely to be damaged by this injury are the ________.

A. preganglionic parasympathetic cell bodies
B. white rami communicantes
C. celiac ganglion
D. splanchnic nerves


Answer: B

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