The motor portions of the ANS, sympathetic and parasympathetic, are characterized by a two-neuron chain. The pre-ganglionic nerve cell body is found in the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and the postganglionic nerve cell body is found _ _ _ _ _ __. a. peripheral nervous system; in nuclei in the CNS B. cerebral cortex; in ganglia in the PNS C. central nervous system; in ganglia in the PNS D. cerebellum; in ganglia in the PNS E. spinal cord only; in ganglia in the PNS.