Which system controls involuntary body functions?

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Which system controls involuntary body functions?

The autonomic nervous system is the part that handles automatic bodily regulation. It manages functions you don’t consciously control, like heart rate, digestion, breathing rate, pupil size, and gland activity, using its sympathetic and parasympathetic branches to prepare the body for action or rest. The somatic nervous system controls voluntary muscle movements; the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) processes and issues commands; the peripheral nervous system includes nerves outside the CNS and contains both voluntary and automatic pathways. But when the focus is on involuntary regulation of internal organs, the autonomic nervous system is the best fit.

The autonomic nervous system is the part that handles automatic bodily regulation. It manages functions you don’t consciously control, like heart rate, digestion, breathing rate, pupil size, and gland activity, using its sympathetic and parasympathetic branches to prepare the body for action or rest. The somatic nervous system controls voluntary muscle movements; the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) processes and issues commands; the peripheral nervous system includes nerves outside the CNS and contains both voluntary and automatic pathways. But when the focus is on involuntary regulation of internal organs, the autonomic nervous system is the best fit.

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