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Gastric plexuses
| Nerve: Gastric plexuses |
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| The celiac ganglia with the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal viscera radiating from the ganglia. (Gastric plexus labeled at upper right.) |
| Latin |
plexus gastrici, plexus nervorum gastricorum |
| Gray's |
subject #220 987 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier |
p_24/12647912 |
The superior gastric plexus (gastric or coronary plexus) accompanies the left gastric artery along the lesser curvature of the stomach, and joins with branches from the left vagus.
The term "inferior gastric plexus" is sometimes used to describe a continuation of the hepatic plexus.
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Nerves - autonomic nervous system (sympathetic nervous system/ganglion/trunks and parasympathetic nervous system/ganglion) |
| Head/cranial |
Ciliary ganglion (Short ciliary nerves) - Pterygopalatine ganglion (Nerve of pterygoid canal) - Submandibular ganglion - Otic ganglion |
| Neck/cervical |
paravertebral ganglia: Cervical ganglia (Superior, Middle, Inferior) - Stellate ganglion
prevertebral plexus: Cavernous plexus - Internal carotid |
| Chest/thorax |
paravertebral ganglia: Thoracic ganglia
prevertebral plexus: Cardiac plexus - Esophageal plexus - Pulmonary plexus - Thoracic aortic plexus
splanchnic nerves: Thoracic splanchnic nerves
cardiac nerves: Superior - Middle - Inferior |
| Abdomen/Lumbar |
paravertebral ganglia: Lumbar ganglia
prevertebral ganglia: Celiac ganglia (Aorticorenal) - Superior mesenteric ganglion - Inferior mesenteric ganglion
prevertebral plexus: Celiac plexus - (Hepatic, Splenic, Pancreatic) - aorticorenal (Abdominal aortic plexus, Renal/Suprarenal) - Superior mesenteric (Gastric) - Inferior mesenteric (Spermatic, Ovarian) - Superior hypogastric (hypogastric nerve, Superior rectal) - Inferior hypogastric (Vesical, Prostatic/Cavernous nerves of penis, Uterovaginal, Middle rectal)
splanchnic nerves: Lumbar splanchnic nerves
enteric nervous system: Meissner's plexus • Auerbach's plexus |
| Pelvis/sacral |
paravertebral ganglia: Sacral ganglia - Ganglion impar
splanchnic nerves: Pelvic splanchnic nerves - Sacral splanchnic nerves |
| All |
Rami communicans (White, Gray) - Preganglionic fibers - Postganglionic fibers |
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