As you are walking on a beach, you pick up an odd-looking seashell that has a very rough texture. As you rub your fingers over the shell, the sensory messages are communicated via the _____ nervous system to the central nervous system.
A)somatic
B)autonomic
C)sympathetic
D)parasympathetic

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The somatic nervous system controls our voluntary movements and sensory inputs from the body. As the act of picking up the seashell and feeling its rough texture is a voluntary action, the sensory messages are communicated to the central nervous system via the somatic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system, on the other hand, controls involuntary actions such as heart rate and digestion. Sympathetic and parasympathetic are subdivisions of the autonomic nervous system and are not relevant to the sensory experience of picking up the seashell.

As You Are Walking on a Beach, You Pick Up