A nursing instructor is reviewing receptor types with a nursing student. The instructor identifies that learning has occurred when the student responds that which type of receptor is found at the ganglionic synapse of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems?

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Nicotinic receptors are found at the ganglionic synapse of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. Alpha and beta receptors are adrenergic receptors, and muscarinic receptors are found primarily in the parasympathetic nervous system, except in a few locations where they overlap with the sympathetic nervous system.

A Nursing Instructor Is Reviewing Receptor Types with a Nursing