Richard Ramirez, the serial killer who terrorized Southern California in the 1980s as the Night Stalker, has died in prison while awaiting execution. Ramirez died of natural causes at Marin General Hospital. He was 53 years old. San Quentin State Prison spokesman Lt. Sam Robinson confirmed Ramirez's death Friday.
The somatic nervous system (SoNS or voluntary nervous system) is the part of the peripheral nervous system associated with skeletal muscle voluntary control of body movements. The SoNS consists of afferent nerves and efferent nerves.
Although the ANS is also known as the visceral nervous system, the ANS is only connected with the motor side. Most autonomous functions are involuntary but they can often work in conjunction with the somatic nervous system which provides voluntary control.