GROSS ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Autonomic ganglia. There are two types of autonomic ganglia: the sympathetic and the parasympathetic based on their functions. The former tend to be located close to the spinal cord whereas the later lie near or within the viscera of the peripheral organs that they innervate.

Detailed explanation-2: -The cell bodies of symapathetic preganglionic neurons are located in the visceral efferent (lateral gray) column of the spinal cord. The cell bodies of parasymapathetic preganglionic neurons are located in the homologous motor nuclei of the cranial nerves.

Detailed explanation-3: -Parasympathetic preganglionic neurons have their cell bodies in the central nervous system and make synapses in the ganglia close to or in the walls of the organs they supply.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sympathetic neuron cell bodies are located in sympathetic ganglia. Parasympathetic neuron cell bodies are located in the brainstem and sacral spinal cord.