general visceral afferent fibre

) General visceral afferent receptors are found in organs of the thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; their fibers convey, for example, pain information from the digestive tract. Both types of afferent fiber project centrally from cell bodies in dorsal-root ganglia.

The visceral afferents conduct messages from the organs serving the internal economy of the body; such impulses result in reflex control of these organs (e.g., the rate of the heartbeat and activities of the digestive system).