Best Answer: The peripheral nervous system, which it is a component of. The sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are components of the autonomic nervous system.
Also, make the call if: 1  Constipation is a new problem for you. 2  You have blood in your stool. 3  You are losing weight even though you are not dieting.  You have severe pain with bowel 1  movements. Your constipation has lasted more than 2 weeks.  You have pencil-thin stools.
If you're not having bowel movements as often as you used to, usually it's no cause for worry. Often, constipation will go away on its own within a few days or get better after you use laxatives or another constipation treatment.