Biology
Answer
The peripheral nervous system transmits messages to and from the sense organs and is responsible for voluntary actions such as cycling, swimming and so on. Messages enter the spinal cord from all parts of the body and reach the brain, which sends back the messages to various body parts through the spinal cord.
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