This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW SHARON, Iowa -- Three young brothers are dead after a crash in Mahaska County Thursday. The Iowa State Patrol says a truck driven by 41-year-old Shawn Schippers collided with a car driven by 16-year-old Jamie Singletary at the intersection of Queens Avenue and 130th Street, east of New Sharon, around 1:00 p.m. They say both vehicles went into the ditch.
Video: Sympathetic Nervous System: Definition, Function & Effects. The autonomic nervous system is the portion that controls all of the involuntary functions of the body. This includes the body's response to emergency situations. In this article, we discuss the sympathetic nervous system and its responses under these circumstances.
The longest cranial nerve in the body, the vagus nerve regulates both the heart and the digestion. Although spoken of as if it is one nerve, the vagus nerve includes both a right and left vagus nerve. It regulates the parasympathetic nervous system, the calming, relaxing system of the body. Proper vagus nerve function influences the following: 1) Digestion: The vagus nerve innervates digestive organs involved in everything from swallowing to intestinal motility.