Saturday, March 25, 2023

Somato-Autonomic coordination


TABLE I:

System

 

Somatic

motor

Somatic

sensory

Special senses

Autonomic

Psycho-central

Respiratory

Sneezing

+

+

*

+

*

 

Coughing

+

*

 

?

 

 

Hiccups

+

+

 

?

 

 

Snoring

?

+

 

+

 

 

Yawning

+

?

 

+

 

 

Diving

?

+

*

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gastrointestinal

Swallowing

+

+

 

+

*

 

Salivation

 

+

+

+

*

 

Gagging

+

+

 

+

*

 

Vomiting/ Reflux

+

+

 

+

 

 

Defecation

+

+

 

+

*

 

Intrinsic

 

 

 

+

*

Genito Urinary

Bladder Filling

 

*

 

+

 

 

Micturition

+

+

 

+

*

 

Erection

 

+

 

+

+

 

Emission

 

 

 

+

*

 

Ejaculation

+

+

 

+

*

 

Orgasm

 

+

*

+

*

 

Cremaster

+

+

 

*

 

Endocrine

Various

 

 

*

+

*

Musculo-skeletal

Various

+

+

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table II

System

 

Somatic

motor

Somatic

sensory

Special senses

Autonomic

Psycho-central

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ophthalmic

Accomodation

 

 

+

+

 

 

Blinking

+

+

*

 

*

 

Squinting

+

+

 

*

 

 

Lacrimation

 

*

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auditory Vestibular

Sound location

+

+

+

 

*

 

Vertigo

 

+

*

+

 

 

Tinnitus

 

+

+

?

 

 

Stapedius

 

+

 

?

 

Dermal/ General

Itch/ scratch

 

+

 

?

 

 

Blush/ Flush

 

 

 

+

+

 

Shivering

+

+

 

+

 

 

Horripilation

 

*

 

+

*

 

Pandiculation

+

*

 

 

*

 

Dizziness

 

*

 

+

 

 

Baroreceptor

 

 

 

+

 

 

Lactation

 

+

 

+

*

Infants

Suckling

+

+

 

 

 

 

Grasp, Startle

+

+

 

 

*