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voluntary muscles
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voluntary muscles

In biology, muscles that an individual controls consciously, for example the muscles that control walking and swallowing.



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This includes our Somatic Nervous System, Central, Autonomic,
Got Affirmations? by H. Bernard Wechsler / Advertising, marketing, public relations community
There are two main divisions within the PNS: the somatic nervous system, which controls the muscles responsible for conscious or willed movement, such as speech or walking; and the autonomic nervous system, which controls involuntary body functions, such as sweating or shivering in response to cold.
Problems of the Nervous System by Francis Adam / Health, general community
The somatic nervous system innervates skeletal, or voluntary, muscles, and entails the brain, spinal cord, cranial nerves, and spinal nerves.
Guillain-Barre syndrome--a review by Wojciechowski, Bill / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
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