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Somatic vs Autonomic
Both are
motor
pathways out of the CNS, but they're wired and behave very differently. Switch between them to see how.
Somatic
CNS on left · target on right
Two ways out
somatic vs autonomic
🖐️ Somatic
🫀 Autonomic
📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
Somatic vs Autonomic — OpenStax, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
