reflex arc

Autonomic Reflex Arc

First link: Visceral autonomic afferents to the CNS
Non-myelinated, carried to the cerebrospinal axis by autonomic nerves (e.g.vagus and splanchnic)
Some autonomic afferents from skeletal muscle blood vessels and integumental structures may be carried in somatic nerves
Cell bodies of visceral afferents: (a) spinal nerves--in dorsal root ganglia; (b) cranial nerves-- in sensory ganglia
What information gets transmitted?
Mediated Information:
visceral sensation (pain;referred pain)
vasomotor reflexes
respiratory reflexes
viscerosomatic reflexes: Definition: Viscerosomatic: Pertaining to the viscera and body .