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somatic nervous system

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somatic nervous system

that part of the nervous system which supplies the limbs and body wall and which controls the voluntary activities of the body. See AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM and NERVE IMPULSE.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

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