Nerve fiber quality
Nerve fiber quality is used to describe from which part of the body information is passed on. On the one hand, there are the somatosensory nerve fibers, which are also called somatoafferent. Somato refers here to the body, sensitive or afferent, refers to the fact that the information is transmitted from the body to the brain or the spinal cord (together the CNS).
For example, a somatosensory nerve fiber could be a nerve fiber that transmits information via our sense of touch. Opposite this is the somatosensory or somatoefferent nerve fiber. This nerve fiber transmits information from the brain about how our body has to behave.
For example, somatomotor nerve fibers are used to move our muscles at will. Then there are the viscerosensitive nerve fiber qualities. These transmit information to our brain about how our organs are doing.
This nerve fiber quality is very involuntary, but can be of great importance to the patient, for example in the event of a heart attack. Then there is the visceromotor nerve fiber. This can directly influence the organs of the brain and is completely unconscious to the patient himself. This is also very important because otherwise we would have to constantly remember to breathe, to let our heart beat and to move the intestine after eating so that it can digest adequately.
