Sympathetic trunk rests on
High-Yield Explanation
The sympathetic trunk lies just lateral to the veebral bodies for the entire length of the veebral column. ... The sympathetic trunk permits preganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system to ascend to spinal levels superior to T1 and descend to spinal levels inferior to L2/3 The superior end of it is continued upward through the carotid canal into the skull, and forms a plexus on the internal carotid aery ; the inferior pa travels in front of the coccyx, where it converges with the other trunk at a structure known as the ganglion impar . Along the length of the sympathetic trunk are sympathetic ganglia known as paraveebral ganglia . Image showing efferrent system of sympathetic trunk Ref - medscape.com