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Somatic Nervous System. The somatic nervous system consists of both afferent (sensory) and efferent (motor) nerves [1]. It is also responsible for the reflex arc, which involves the use of interneurons to perform reflexive actions. The somatic nervous system, also called the somatomotor or somatic efferent nervous system, supplies motor impulses to the skeletal muscles. Because these nerves permit conscious control of the skeletal muscles, it is sometimes called the voluntary nervous system.
The afferent nerves of the somatic nervous system carry sensory signals from the skin, skeletal muscles, joints, ears, eyes, tongue, etc. to the central nervous system, while the efferent nerves of the somatic nervous system carry motor signals from the central nervous system to the skeletal muscles.
brain and spinal cord
the central nervous system contains the brain and the spinal cord
These nerves control voluntary movements.
The nervous system is all parts of the system while the Central Nervous system is composed of the brain and the spinal cord which contains your central nerves.
The somatic nervous system controls the skeletal system and voluntary movement by stimulating muscle contraction. Parts of the somatic nervous system are spinal nerves, cranial nerves, association nerves.
If I remember correctly, there is of course the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system, further divided into the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous systems.
The nerves of the somatic nervous system control voluntary actions - activities you can choose to do or not to do. The function of the somatic nervous system is to regulate the movement of the body. The somatic nervous system forms part of the peripheral nerves in the body.
CNS is brain and spinal cord. PNS are the sensory and motor neurons. The PNS breaks down further into the autonomic and the sensory-somatic nervous system The autonomic breaks down further into the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
The peripheral nervous system contains all the nerves in the body that lie outside of the spinal cord and brain.They communicate with the central nervous system to make sure our body parts, such as our fingers, can send signals to the central nervous system for processing in our brains.
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