A man lying in the supine position. The supine position (/sÉËpaÉªn/ or /ËsuËpaÉªn/) is a position of the body: lying with the face up, as opposed to the prone position, which is face down, sometimes with the hands behind the head or neck.
For the musician known as Somatic, see Hahn Rowe. The somatic nervous system (SoNS or voluntary nervous system) is the part of the peripheral nervous system associated with skeletal muscle voluntary control of body movements.The SoNS consists of afferent nerves and efferent nerves.esides these, thousands of association nerves are also present in the body. Thus somatic nervous system consists of three parts: 1  Spinal nerves: They are peripheral nerves that carry sensory information into and motor commands out of the spinal cord.
The muscular system allows us to move. Adults have a certain fixed number of muscle cells, approximately 602. . Through exercise, such as weight lifting, the cells enlarge but the number of cells does not increase. Structure and Function. There are three types of muscle tissueâ smooth, skeletal, and cardiac.Each has its own distinctive function, and therefore, its own distinctive structure, but all muscles allow movement of some kind. Skeletal Muscle. Skeletal muscle is called voluntary because you can control this type of muscle.You can voluntarily choose to move them. These muscles attach to bones, move the skeleton, and are found in the arms, legs, neck, or anywhere you can voluntarily move a body part. Through exercise, such as weight lifting, the cells enlarge but the number of cells does not increase. Structure and Function. There are three types of muscle tissueâ smooth, skeletal, and cardiac.