AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Your somatic nervous system is a subdivision of your peripheral nervous system that stretches throughout nearly every part of your body. The nerves in this system deliver information from your senses to your brain. They also carry commands from your brain to your muscles so you can move around.

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: -The spinal nerves are 31 pairs of nerves that send sensory information from the periphery to the spinal cord and muscle commands from the spinal cord to the skeletal muscles.

Detailed explanation-4: -The spinal cord runs from the brain down through the back. It contains threadlike nerves that branch out to every organ and body part. This network of nerves relays messages back and forth from the brain to different parts of the body.

Detailed explanation-5: -The somatic system is the part of the peripheral nervous system responsible for carrying sensory and motor information to and from the central nervous system.