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Figure 15.6 Comparison of Somatic and Visceral Reflexes The afferent inputs to somatic and visceral reflexes are essentially the same, whereas the efferent branches are different.

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The central autonomic structure is the hypothalamus, which coordinates sympathetic and parasympathetic efferent pathways to regulate activities of the organ systems of the body.

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It acts systemically to cause vasoconstriction as well as constriction of both the afferent and efferent arterioles of the glomerulus.

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The glomerulus has a relatively high pressure inside its capillaries and can sustain this by dilating the afferent arteriole while constricting the efferent arteriole.

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A message along a nerve to a ganglion cell is an afferent impression, from a cell to a muscle or other external end is an efferent impression.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)