When a Patient Asks What the Somatic Nervous System Controls,how

question 15

Multiple Choice

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

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Definitions:

Feeding

The process by which organisms obtain and consume food to sustain life.

Reproduction

The biological process by which new individual organisms are produced, either sexually or asexually.

Ctenophores

Phylum of marine animals (comb jellies) whose bodies consist of two layers of cells enclosing a gelatinous mass. The outer surface is covered with comblike rows of cilia, by which the animal moves.

Nematocysts

Specialized cells in cnidarians (like jellyfish) that shoot out a toxic barb in self-defense or to capture prey.