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Q: Is a effector are skeletal muscles a somatic reflex or a autonomic reflex?
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Is an effector of a skeletal muscle a somatic reflex?

No its a humungus condom


Which muscles are voluntary and which muscles are involuntary?

Voluntary muscles are skeletal muscles (under somatic control) and involuntary muscles involve the heart, smooth muscles and anything under autonomic control.


What allows us to consciously move or skeletal muscles?

Somatic, or voluntary, nerves connect to skeletal muscles refers to the conscious control of skeletal muscles.


What do somatic nerves do?

I believe the answer is skeletal muscles.


What system works with the nervous system?

The nervous system is comprised of two parts, somatic and autonomic. The somatic nervous system is the control over your skeletal muscles. It is voluntary. The autonomic system works automatically. It has system wide effects known as sympathetic (fight or flight) and parasympathetic (rest and digest).


Is a gag reflex a somatic reflex?

No, a somatic reflex are the reflexes of the skeletal muscle movements. The gag reflex is considered to be an autonomic reflex.


What is patellar knee-jerk reflex a somatic or autonomic reflex?

yes, the knee relfex felt when tapped just below the knee cap on the patellar tendon is a somatic reflex which is a contraction of skeletal muscles. the opposite would be autonomic relfexes which consist of contractions of smooth or cardiac muscle or secretion by glands.


Is the corneal reflex a somatic reflex or an autonomic reflex?

This particular reflex is autonomic as the affected muscle, constrictor pupillae muscle, is a smooth muscle and not under conscious control. Typically if you can consciously contract the muscle, any reflex associated with that muscle is somatic in nature.


What effector cells are innervated by somatic motor neurons?

cardiac muscles and smooth muscle


Which pns systems controls skeletal muscles?

the somatic nervous system


What do somatic nerve fibers innervate?

I believe the answer is skeletal muscles.


Is an ankle jerk reflex somatic or autonomic?

Ankle jerk is somatic. It is the reflex action, in which the afferent. connecting and the efferent neurons are involved. Autonomic nerves do not supply the striated muscles.