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Nerve: Superior mesenteric plexus | ||
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The celiac ganglia with the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal viscera radiating from the ganglia. | ||
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Latin | plexus mesentericus superior | |
Gray's | subject #220 987 | |
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The superior mesenteric plexus is a continuation of the lower part of the celiac plexus, receiving a branch from the junction of the right vagus nerve with the plexus.
It surrounds the superior mesenteric artery, accompanies it into the mesentery, and divides into a number of secondary plexuses, which are distributed to all the parts supplied by the artery, viz., pancreatic branches to the pancreas; intestinal branches to the small intestine; and ileocolic, right colic, and middle colic branches, which supply the corresponding parts of the great intestine.
The nerves composing this plexus are white in color and firm in texture; in the upper part of the plexus close to the origin of the superior mesenteric artery is a ganglion (ganglion mesentericum superius).
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- Human anatomy at Dartmouth figures/chapter_32/32-6.HTM
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Nerves – autonomic nervous system (sympathetic nervous system/ganglion/trunks and parasympathetic nervous system/ganglion) (TA A14.3, GA 9.968) | |||||||
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