ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Another example of how your somatic nervous system can affect internal organs is controlling your breathing. Under most circumstances, you breathe automatically and without thinking about it. But you can also breathe manually, deliberately controlling when you inhale and exhale.

Detailed explanation-2: -The brain and spinal cord are responsible for processing and integrating the various sources of information to allow us to develop a response. Therefore the main function of the somatic nervous system is to connect the CNS with organs and striated muscle to perform our daily functions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Your breathing usually does not require any thought, because it is controlled by the autonomic nervous system, also called the involuntary nervous system. The parasympathetic system slows your breathing rate. It causes your bronchial tubes to narrow and the pulmonary blood vessels to widen.

Detailed explanation-4: -Breathing and the nervous system The control of breathing is balanced between the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system).