

Inside the somatic nervous system, there are mainly two types of neurons found sensory neurons and motor neurons.

#Somatic nervous system example skin#
It is formed by the peripheral nerve fibers that carry sensory information (from the skin and the sense organs such as the skin) to the central nervous system and the motor nerve fibers of the central nervous system, that then travel to the skeletal muscles and invoke a response. The somatic nervous system carries the information about the movements and the senses from the central nervous system to the rest of the body and vice versa, via electricochemical signals.

Neurons have a body and an axon, the body of the neuron is located within the central nervous system, and the axon is imbedded within the skeletal muscles, skin or sensory organs. This includes voluntary or skeletal muscles and sensory receptors in the skin, which are specialized endings of the nerve fibers that detect information within the body and around it. This system contains of nerve fibers (also known as nerve cells) that connect to the brain and spinal cord with muscles controlled by conscious effort, and that carry information associated with movement under the central nervous system to the rest of the body and vice versa, via electrochemical signals. The somatic nervous system is one of the two great parties which divides the peripheral nervous system (which is the entire nervous system found outside of the brain and spinal cord).
