The somatic nervous system
• The somatic nervous system supplies the voluntary structures
Examples: body wall and limb muscles
• It consists of peripheral nerve fibers (cranial and spinal nerves)
that send sensory information to the central nervous system, and
motor nerve fibers to skeletal muscle
• The somatic nervous system supplies the voluntary structures
Examples: body wall and limb muscles
• It consists of peripheral nerve fibers (cranial and spinal nerves)
that send sensory information to the central nervous system, and
motor nerve fibers to skeletal muscle