General somatic efferent fiber

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General somatic efferent fibers
Sympathetic afferent.
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The general (spinal) somatic efferent neurons (GSE, somatomotor, or somatic motor fibers) arise from motor neuron cell bodies in the ventral horns of the

ventral roots, carrying motor impulses to skeletal muscle through a neuromuscular junction.[1]

Of the somatic efferent neurons, there exist subtypes.

Cranial nerves also supply their own somatic efferent neurons to the extraocular muscles and some of the muscles of the tongue.

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References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 849 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)