What is one difference between visceral reflexes and somatic reflexes?
A. Visceral reflexes are unconscious while somatic reflexes are conscious.
B. Visceral reflexes involve somewhat slower responses than somatic reflexes.
C. Visceral reflexes are stereotyped whereas somatic reflexes are unpredictable.
D. Visceral reflexes do not require afferent neurons, whereas somatic reflexes do.
E. Visceral reflexes do not require interneurons in the CNS, whereas most somatic reflexes do.
B. Visceral reflexes involve somewhat slower responses than somatic reflexes.
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