somatic nervous system

English

Noun

somatic nervous system (plural somatic nervous systems)

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

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