Somatic reflexes include all those reflexes that involve stimulation of skeletal muscles by somatic division of the nervous system. ... In the case of peripheral muscle reflexes (patellar reflex, achilles reflex), brief stimulation to the muscle spindle results in the contraction of the agonist or effector muscle.

Is the patellar reflex somatic or visceral?

To use the patellar reflex as an example of a somato-somatic reflex, when one strikes the patellar ligament and stretches the quadriceps muscles, somatic information enters the spinal cord, synapses immediately with somatomotor neurons at the same level(s), producing an excitatory response – the leg jumps.

Is patellar knee jerk reflex somatic or autonomic?

reflexes that involve stimulation of skeletal muscles via the somatic nervous system and are under conscious control. Ex: Patellar (knee jerk) reflex. a neural pathway between the point of stimulation (receptor), to the brain or spinal cord, and to the responding organ(effector).