Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System

Question 1

Motor (efferent) division:

Somatic nerve fibres conduct impulses from the CNS to +++
muscles in the ++ and ++++ permitting voluntary control of
movements.

Visceral Motor Nerves conduct largely ___ or __ responses thereby eliciting
appropriate reactions of the __, the __ and ___ of the body to variations in environmental temperature, posture, food intake, stress and other changes to which all individuals are exposed.

Answer 1

Somatic nerve fibres conduct impulses from the CNS to skeletal
muscles in the limbs and trunk permitting voluntary control of
movements.

Visceral Motor Nerves conduct largely automatic or reflex responses thereby eliciting
appropriate reactions of the heart, the vasculature and viscera of the body to variations in environmental temperature, posture, food intake, stress and other changes to which all individuals are exposed.