Your brain has instructed your muscles to move so that you avoid an oncoming bicyclist. Which division of the nervous system carried this information to your muscles?
A) sympathetic nervous system
B) somatic nervous system
C) autonomic nervous system
D) parasympathetic nervous system

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The somatic nervous system is responsible for carrying sensory information from the sensory receptors to the central nervous system and sending motor information from the central nervous system to the skeletal muscles to produce voluntary movements, such as avoiding an oncoming bicyclist. The autonomic nervous system is responsible for regulating involuntary body functions, such as heart rate and digestion, and is divided into the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. However, these divisions are not directly involved in this situation as the movement was voluntary.

Your Brain Has Instructed Your Muscles to Move So That