The somatic and autonomic nervous systems differ in all of the following except .
A)all of the neurotransmitters
B)their efferent pathways
C)to some degree in target responses to their neurotransmitters
D)their effectors

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Both the somatic and autonomic nervous systems use acetylcholine as their neurotransmitter at the preganglionic synapse, but they differ in their choice of neurotransmitters at the effector organ. Somatic motor neurons release acetylcholine onto skeletal muscle, while the autonomic nervous system has both cholinergic and adrenergic receptors at its target organs, meaning that it uses both acetylcholine and epinephrine/norepinephrine to induce physiological responses. Therefore, all of the other answer choices are true.

The Somatic and Autonomic Nervous Systems Differ in All of the Following