1 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease that can cause pain in the joints. 2  RA occurs when the immune system attacks the joints and muscles causing joint pain and stiffness. 3  Lupus, an autoimmune disease like RA, that causes inflammation in the joints, as well as in the tendons, skin and other connective tissues. Lupus, an autoimmune disease like RA, that causes inflammation in the joints, as well as in the tendons, skin and other connective tissues. 2  Gout, which occurs when uric acid crystals build up in the joints, and causes joint inflammation, pain and tenderness.
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.
autonomic (visceral motor) division of nervous system. Definition: that part of the nervous system that represents the motor innervation of smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and gland cells. It consists of two physiologically and anatomically distinct, mutually antagonistic components: the sympathetic and parasympathetic parts.