Brainstem Functional Columns

Question 1

GSA: General Somatic Afferent

Answer 1

Conduct impulses from skin, skeletal muscle spindles

Question 2

SSA: Special Somatic Afferent

Answer 2

Conducts impulses from retina, auditory and vestibular apparatuses

Question 3

GVA: General Visceral Afferent

Answer 3

Conduct impulses from viscera, blood vessels

Question 4

SVA: Special Visceral Afferent

Answer 4

Conduct impulses from taste buds, olfactory mucosa

Question 5

GVE: General Visceral Efferent

Answer 5

Innervate smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, glands (sympathetic and parasympathetic)

Question 6

GSE: General Somatic Efferent

Answer 6

Innervate Skeletal Muscle

Question 7

SVE: Special Visceral Efferent

Answer 7

3,5,9,10

Innervate skeletal muscle derived from branchial arches