- ganglia of autonomic plexuses
- ganglia plexuum autonomicorum.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
ganglia of autonomic plexuses
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plexus — 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 … Medical dictionary
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Sympathetic nervous system — A part of the nervous system that serves to accelerate the heart rate, constrict blood vessels, and raise blood pressure. The sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system constitute the autonomic nervous system, the branch of … Medical dictionary
