Autonomic Nervous System - UMK CARNIVORES 3

Structural Organization ofParasympathetic division• The multipolar nerve cell body is located in thenuclei of the III, VII, IX, and X cranial nerves andintermediate horn of first 3-5 sacral spinal cord ofdifferent animals.• The preganglionic nerve fiber (myelinated axon) islong and travel from the multipolar nerve cellbody and synapse within the intramural ganglia;ciliary, pterigopalatine, mandibular, otic and distalganglia.• The postganglionic fiber (non-myelinated) is shortand terminates on the cells of effector organ.