| Front | Viscerosensory pathways |
|---|---|
| Back | Function: convey information from an organ to the CNS Types: a) Viscerosensory pain fibers (mediate pain from an organ) b) Viscerosensory reflex fibers (mediate a reflex sensation like vomiting, cough, chemocreceptors, baroreceptors, etc.) Structure: a) Pain fibers travel with sympathetic nerves (within splanchnic nerves), cell bodies are in DRG b) Reflex fibers travel with parasympathetic nerves (within the vagus nerve), cell bodies are in vagal sensory ganglia |
Tags: autonomic, nervous, system
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