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sympathetic nervous system the thoracolumbar part of the autonomic nervous system; its preganglionic fibers arise from cell bodies in the thoracic and first three lumbar segments of the spinal cord, and its postganglionic fibers are distributed to the heart, smooth muscle, and glands of the entire body.
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