prevertebral ganglia — sympathetic ganglia (other than those of the sympathetic trunk) in the prevertebral plexuses of the thorax and abdomen … Medical dictionary
Prevertebral ganglia — Abdominal portion of the sympathetic trunk, with the celiac plexus and hypogastric plexus … Wikipedia
Gastric plexuses — Nerve: Gastric plexuses 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 … Wikipedia
plexus gastrici — [TA] gastric plexuses: subdivisions of the celiac portion of the prevertebral plexuses, accompanying the gastric arteries and branches and supplying nerve fibers to the stomach … Medical dictionary
plexus hypogastricus — hypogastric plexus 1. the hypogastric portion of the prevertebral plexuses; see p. hypogastricus inferior and p. hypogastricus superior. 2. a plexus of lymphatic vessels in the hypogastric region … Medical dictionary
truncus sympatheticus — truncus sympathicus [TA] sympathetic trunk: two long nerve strands, one on each side of the vertebral column, extending from the base of the skull to the coccyx. Interconnected by nerve strands, each has cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral… … Medical dictionary
Celiac 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… … Wikipedia
Ganglion — 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… … Medical dictionary
Thoracic 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.) … Wikipedia
nervous 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… … Universalium
