Autonomic Integration and Control

A practical example of this type of autonomic reflex control is the so-called baroreceptor reflex, which is important in the control of BP. In this particular example, pressure sensors (i.e., barorecep- 

The baroreceptor response is just one example of the type of reflex activity employed by the ANS. The control of other involuntary functions usually follows a similar pattern of peripheral monitoring, central integration, and altered autonomic discharge. Body temperature, for instance, is monitored by thermoreceptors located in the skin, viscera, and hypothalamus. When a change in body temperature is monitored by these sensors, this information is relayed to the hypothalamus and appropriate adjustments are made in autonomic discharge in order to maintain thermal homeostasis (e.g., sweating is increased or decreased and blood flow is redistributed). Many other autonomic reflexes that control visceral and involuntary functions operate in a similar manner. 

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