PNS

Question 1

General Somatic Efferent (GSE)

Answer 1

activates muscles from somites (skeletal, extracular, glossal) (somitic skeletal muscle)

Question 2

General Visceral Efferent (GVE)

Answer 2

activates visceral organs (smooth and cardiac muscles and glands)

Question 3

Special Visceral Efferent (SVE)

Answer 3

activates muscles of face, palate, mouth, pharynx, and larynx (excludes eye and tongue muscles) (branchicmeric skeletal muscle)

Question 4

General Visceral Afferent (GVA)

Answer 4

mediates sensory innervation from visceral organs (pain, stretch, and distention)

Question 5

General Somatic Afferent (GSA)

Answer 5

mediates information from muscles, skin, ligament, and joints (pain, touch, temp, and proprioception)

Question 6

Special Somatic Afferent (SSA)

Answer 6

mediates special sensations of vision from retina and audition, and equilibrium from inner ear (vision, hearing, and balance)

Question 7

Special Visceral Afferent (SVA)

Answer 7

smell and taste