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In the episode of Futurama “Parasites Lost”, Fry gets worms that live in his bowels. To get rid of them, the crew plans to “tickle the pelvic splanchnic ganglion” to force him to have a massive bowel movement. Would that work? Does the pelvic splanchnic ganglion control the bowel and sphincter?

by /u/physchy in /r/askscience

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