Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

somatic nervous system

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: so-mat-ic n-er-vous sys-tem
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits signals from the central nervous system to skeletal muscles, and from receptors of external stimuli, thereby mediating sight, hearing and touch.

Inflected Forms

somatic nervous systems (plural)

Questions

What does somatic nervous system mean?: The part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits signals from the central nervous system to skeletal muscles, and from receptors of external stimuli, thereby mediating sight, hearing and touch.

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