ganglia of sympathetic plexuses
11Lumbar ganglia — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = ganglia lumbalia GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Lower half of right sympathetic cord. Caption2 = Innervates = BranchFrom = BranchTo = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = g 02 DorlandsSuf = 12384652 The… …
12Ganglion — The celebrated 2nd century Greek physician Galen ((c. 130 201 A.D.) who lived and worked in Rome first used the word ganglion to denote a nerve complex. Ganglion still is used to refer to an aggregation of nerve cell bodies. Another use of the… …
13nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …
14Celiac plexus — Solar plexus redirects here. For the solar plexus chakra in mysticism and Hinduism, see Manipura. Nerve: Celiac plexus The right sympathetic chain and its connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses. (Label for celiac plexus at… …
15Thoracic splanchnic nerves — Nerve: Thoracic splanchnic nerves The right sympathetic chain and its connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses. (Greater and lesser splanchnic nerves labeled at left.) …
16part — A portion. SYN: pars [TA]. abdominal p. of aorta SYN: abdominal aorta. abdominal p. of esophagus [TA] the portion of the esophagus from where it passes through the diaphragm to the stomach. See …
17plexus — A network or interjoining of nerves and blood vessel s or of lymphatic vessels. [L. a braid] abdominal aortic (nervous) p. [TA] an autonomic p. surrounding the abdominal aorta, directly continuous with the thoracic aortic p. superiorly and …
18Vagus nerve — Nerve: Vagus nerve Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves. Course …
19Inferior mesenteric plexus — Infobox Nerve Name = Inferior mesenteric plexus Latin = plexus mesentericus inferior GraySubject = 220 GrayPage = 987 Caption = Lower half of right sympathetic cord. (Inferior mesenteric plexus labeled at center right.) Caption2 = The celiac… …
20Paraganglia — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 277 GrayPage = 1277 Caption = Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = p 04 DorlandsSuf = 12611860 The paraganglia (or chromaffin… …
