When a patient asks what the somatic nervous system controls, how should the nurse respond? It controls:
a. the heart.
b. the spinal cord.
c. skeletal muscle.
d. smooth muscle organs.
ANS: C
The somatic nervous system consists of pathways that regulate voluntary motor control, the skel-etal muscle system. The somatic nervous system does not control the heart; the autonomic nerv-ous system controls the heart, the spinal cord, and the smooth muscle organs.
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