Parts of Nervous System. Nervous System: Nervous system is the chief controlling and coordinating system of the body. It controls and regulates all activities of the body, whether voluntary or involuntary, and adjusts the individual (organism) to the given surroundings.
1.Skeletal muscles are attached to the bones. Smooth muscles line up the visceral organs viz. Intestines,blood vessels,pupils etc (therefore also known as visceral muscles.) 2.Skeletal muscles perform voluntary actions. Smooth muscles are responsible for involuntary reflexes and actions.
Smooth and cardiac muscle are under the control of the involuntary, or autonomic, nervous system. Striated muscle, on the other hand, is mainly under the control of the voluntary, or central, nervous system. Smooth and cardiac muscle are also similar...