English Explanatory Dictionary

somatic nervous system

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits signals from the central nervous system to skeletal muscles, and from receptors of external stimuli, thereby mediating sight, hearing and touch.

Word forms

somatic nervous system somatic nervous systems
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