The Musvous System: Roles And Functions Of The Body
The somatic nervous system controls the skeletal muscles and external organs of the body. Examples of these organs would include: the skin, nails, and the protective covering of everything on the body. The controls included under somatic that control the skeletal muscles would be voluntary or anything you can control consciously except for reflex reactions. The body needs this influential system to manage any movement of the body that we can physically control. Autonomic functions is the kin of the somatic which controls any involuntary actions of the body. Muscles that are under the force of the autonomic include: the smooth and cardiac muscles. This system has split divisions that help control the body. A parasympathetic division is used to control functions like slowing the heart rate down and contracting the bladder. The sympathetic division is used to then speed up the heart rate and relax the bladder. These two divisions work together to complete the functions of the autonomic system. Working together the somatic and autonomic systems make up the body’s ability to move throughout the day even without us knowing anything about