NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

BRAIN

SPINAL CORD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The somatic system contains nerves that control ____
A
skeletal muscles
B
internal organs, joints, and glands
C
skeletal muscles, skin, and glands
D
smooth muscles, cardiac muscles and glands
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The somatic nervous system is a component of the peripheral nervous system associated with the voluntary control of the body movements via the use of skeletal muscles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Motor neurons within the SNS, also known as efferent neurons, carry motor information from the CNS to muscle fibers throughout the body. These types of neurons transmit signals from the spinal cord and brainstem to skeletal and smooth muscle to either directly or indirectly control muscle movements.

Detailed explanation-3: -Your somatic nervous system allows you to move and control muscles throughout your body. It also feeds information from four of your senses-smell, sound, taste and touch-into your brain.

Detailed explanation-4: -The corticospinal tract provides voluntary control over skeletal muscles. This system begins in the pyramidal cells of the primary motor cortex, and the axons of these upper motor neurons descend into the brain stem and spinal cord to synapse on lower motor neurons, depicted in red, that control skeletal muscles.

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