- cardiac plexus
- cardiac plexus n a nerve plexus of the autonomic nervous system supplying the heart and neighboring structures and situated near the heart and the arch and ascending part of the aorta
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p. cardiacus.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
cardiac plexus
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plexus cardiacus — noun a plexus of nerves supplying the heart and nearby structures • Syn: ↑cardiac plexus • Hypernyms: ↑nerve plexus … Useful english dictionary
