nerve plexus
Noun
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A network of intersecting nerves (synset 105244178)
is a type of: plexus, rete - a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vesselssubtypes:
- autonomic plexus, plexus autonomici - a plexus of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibers
- brachial plexus, plexus brachialis - a network of nerves formed by cervical and thoracic spinal nerves and supplying the arm and parts of the shoulder
- cardiac plexus, plexus cardiacus - a plexus of nerves supplying the heart and nearby structures
- carotid plexus, plexus caroticus - a plexus of nerves surrounding the internal carotid artery
- cervical plexus, plexus cervicalis - a nerve plexus lying beneath the sternocleidomastoid muscle
- coccygeal plexus, plexus coccygeus - a small plexus formed by the fifth sacral and coccygeal nerves
- hypogastric plexus, plexus hypogastricus - a plexus of nerves serving the pelvic viscera
- lumbar plexus, plexus lumbalis - a plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves
- lumbosacral plexus - a nerve plexus formed by the ventral divisions of the coccygeal and sacral and lumbar nerves; supplies the lower limbs and perineum and coccygeal area
- mesenteric plexus, plexus mesentericus - a plexus of autonomic nerves
- myenteric plexus, plexus myentericus - a plexus of unmyelinated fibers and postganglionic autonomic cell bodies in the muscular coat of the esophagus and stomach and intestines
- periarterial plexus, plexus periarterialis - an autonomic plexus that accompanies an artery
- plexus dentalis - a plexus of nerves serving the teeth
- plexus pulmonalis, pulmonary plexis - one of two autonomic nerve plexuses in each lung
- plexus sacralis, sacral plexus - a nerve plexus formed by the 4th and 5th lumbar and 1st, 2nd, 3rd sacral nerves; supplies the pelvic region and lower limbs
- abdominal nerve plexus, coeliac plexus, plexus celiacus, solar plexus - a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach
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