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Voluntary control over your skeletal muscles happens with what part of the nervous system?

Somatic


What kind of Eye muscles are controlled by the autonomic nervous system?

intrinsic eye muscles are controlled by the autonomic nervous system


What nervous system transmits information to voluntary muscles while the?

It is the somatic nervous system that transmits information to voluntary muscles. The autonomic nervous system transmits information to involuntary muscles.


What system controls muscles and regulates body activity?

The nervous system controls muscles and glands by electrical impulses.


Voluntary muscles are controlled by which nervous system?

Voluntary muscles are controlled by the central nervous system.


Which system is associated with transmission of impulse to the muscles?

The Central nervous systme sends impulses to the peripheral nervous system which in turn carries signals to the muscles.


What are effectors of the nervous system?

The effectors of the nervous system are muscles and glands. They respond to nervous stimuli.


What is Skeletal muscles controlled by?

Skeletal muscles are controlled by motor neurons in the somatic branch of the peripheral nervous system, which is controlled by the central nervous system.


What happens when these muscles contract?

When muscles contract, the brain sends signals through the nervous system to the motor neuron that supplies several muscle fibers. There are different versions of contraction, which includes voluntary and involuntary.


What body system stimulates muscles to contract and interprets information from sensory organs?

The nervous system which also interprets information from sensory units


What are the fibers that carry information from the skin joints and skeletal muscles to the nervous system?

Somatic nerves from the somatic nervous system


What do muscles do list two different functions of muscles?

Some muscles (skeletal muscles) will not contract unless stimulated by neurons; other muscles (smooth & cardiac) will contract without nervous stimulation but their contraction can be influenced by the nervous system. Thus, the nervous and muscle systems are closely interconnected.