Question

Which system includes the motor neurons that innervate skeletal muscles?

• A. Enteric nervous system
• B. Somatic nervous system
• C. Peripheral nervous system
• D. Parasympathetic division
• E. Sympathetic division

Answer 1

The correct option is B Somatic nervous system

A motor neuron is a nerve cell whose body is located in the spinal cord and the fiber projects outside the spinal cord. This directly or indirectly controls the effector organs such as the muscles and glands. The motor neurons are differentiated as alpha , beta and gamma motor neurons. A single motor neuron may innervate many muscle fibers. The somatic nervous system also known as the voluntary nervous system consists of afferent and efferent nerves that innervate the skeletal muscles.