A 37-year-old small business manager receives a gunshot wound in the pelvic cavity, resulting in a lesion of the sacral splanchnic nerves. Which of the following nerve fibers would primarily be damaged?
The sacral splanchnic nerves consist primarily of preganglionic sympathetic neurons and also contain GVA fibers. None of the other fibers listed are contained in these nerves.
Postganglionic parasympathetic fibers
Postganglionic sympathetic fibers
Preganglionic sympathetic fibers
Preganglionic parasympathetic fibers
Development of GU system and Neuro-vascular supply of pelvis & perineum