- coronary plexus
- coronary plexus n one of two nerve plexuses that are extensions of the cardiac plexus along the coronary arteries
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coronary plexus
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coronary plexus of heart anterior — a plexus of sympathetic nerve fibers anterior to the heart and related chiefly to the branches of the left coronary artery. Called also right coronary p. of heart … Medical dictionary
coronary plexus of heart posterior — a plexus of sympathetic nerve fibers posterior to the heart and related chiefly to the branches of the right coronary artery. Called also left coronary p. of heart … Medical dictionary
coronary plexus of heart left — posterior coronary p. of heart … Medical dictionary
coronary plexus of heart right — anterior coronary p. of heart … Medical dictionary
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
plexus cardiacus — [TA] cardiac plexus: the plexus around the base of the heart, chiefly in the epicardium. It is formed by cardiac branches from the vagus nerves and the sympathetic trunks and ganglia, contains visceral afferent fibers, and shows subdivisions… … Medical dictionary
Cardiac plexus — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = plexus cardiacus GraySubject = 220 GrayPage = 984 Caption = The right sympathetic chain and its connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses. (Cardiac plexus labeled at center right.)… … 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
Laminitis — is a disease of the digital laminae of the hoof (foot of an ungulate). It is most well known in horses and cattle.PathologyThe digital laminae are responsible for suspension of the axial skeleton of the animal within the hoof and dissipate… … Wikipedia
branch — An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. A b.. See ramus, artery, nerve, vein. SYN: ramus (1) [TA]. accessory meningeal b. SYN: pterygomeningeal artery … Medical dictionary
