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Somatic nervous system - Definition and Overview

The somatic nervous system is that part of the peripheral nervous system associated with the voluntary control of body movements through the action of skeletal muscles. The somatic nervous system consists of afferent fibers which receive information from external sources, and efferent fibers which are responsible for muscle contraction.

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