General visceral efferent fibers

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General visceral efferent fibers
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Scheme showing structure of a typical spinal nerve.
1. Somatic efferent.
2. Somatic afferent.
3,4,5. Sympathetic efferent.
6,7. Sympathetic afferent.
Identifiers
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Anatomical terminology
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The term general efferent fibers (GVE or visceral efferent or autonomic efferent) refers to the efferent neurons of the autonomic nervous system that provide motor innervation to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands (contrast with SVE fibers).[1]

GVE fibers may be either sympathetic or parasympathetic.[2]

The cranial nerves containing GVE fibers include the oculomotor nerve (CN III), the facial nerve (CN VII), the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) and the vagus nerve (CN X).[3]

Additional images

  • Sympathetic connections of the ciliary and superior cervical ganglia.

See also

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

References

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  3. ↑ Mehta, Samir et al. Step-Up: A High-Yield, Systems-Based Review for the USMLE Step 1. Baltimore, MD: LWW, 2003.


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