Sympathetic responses generally have widespread effects on the body because:
A) they reach visceral effectors faster than parasympathetic impulses.
B) myoneural junctions contain a substance that inactivates acetylcholine.
C) preganglionic fibers are short and postganglionic fibers are long.
D) preganglionic fibers synapse with several postsynaptic fibers.

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Sympathetic responses have widespread effects because the preganglionic fibers synapse with multiple postsynaptic fibers, allowing the signal to be distributed to various parts of the body simultaneously.

Sympathetic Responses Generally Have Widespread Effects on the Body Because