Reaching down to pet your dog is a voluntary action communicated to your muscles via the nervous system.

Reaching via the SOMATIC nervous system.
The somatic nervous system is the part of the peripheral nervous system which is associated with associated with voluntary control of body parts.
The major functions of the somatic nervous system is voluntary movement of muscles and organs.

Essential for a scientist to do for credibility

evidence and logical support is essential for a scientist to do in order to maintain credibility. this is because no one can believe without any logic and without any evidence.hence a scientist can maintain credibility by proving himself and by answering logically so experiments prove very beneficial. logical hypothesis give conclusion which is acceptable. therefore, there are two main factors to maintain credibility by a scientist is evidence and logical support.

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