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1
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What does GSE stand for?

A

General Somatic Efferents

2
Q

GSE fibers provide motor to what?

A

Skeletal muscles like muscles of eyeballs

3
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What does GVE stand for?

A

General Visceral Efferents

4
Q

GVE provide parasympathetic motor to what?

A

Heart

Smooth muscle of eye and gland

5
Q

What does SVE stand for?

A

Special visceral efferents

6
Q

SVE provide motor to what?

A

Branchomeric muscles which are derived from embryonic pharyngeal (branchial) arches

7
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What are the branchial arches?

A

Arch 1: CN V muscles of mastication
Arch 2: CN VII muscles of facial expression
Arch 3: CN IX stylopharyngeus
Arch 4: CN X muscles of pharynx and larynx

8
Q

What does GSA stand for?

A

General Somatic Afferents

9
Q

GSA fibers are involved in ordinary sensation such as?

A
Pain
Temperature
Touch
Vibration
Proprioception
10
Q

GVA stands for what?

A

General Visceral Afferents

11
Q

GSA fibers include sensory from what?

A

Gut

Gut homologues or blood vessels: Distension and stretch

12
Q

SSA stands for what?

A

Special Somatic Afferents

13
Q

SSA are involved in the special senses such as?

A

Vision
Hearing
Balance

14
Q

SVA stands for what?

A

Special visceral afferents

15
Q

SVA fibers are involved in special senses to do with the gut such as?

A

Taste

Smell