Sympathetic fibers from the superior cervical ganglion innervate the pupillary dilator muscle via _____ nerves
Horner syndrome is associated with lesions of the spinal cord above _____
The post-ganglionic neurons of the ANS have cell bodies in the _____ nervous system
What syndrome is associated with a lesion of the following areas? 1. Spinothalamic tract 2. Spinal trigeminal nucleus 3. Hypothalamospinal tract 4. Facial nucleus (CN VII) 5. Cochlear nucleus (CN VIII) 6. Vestibular nucleus (CN VIII) 7. Middle and inferior cerebellar peduncles 8. Labyrinthine artery
Horner syndrome presents with ptosis due to denervation of the _____ muscle
Which sacral nerves carry parasympathetics? _____
celiac ganglion
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