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(Figs. 103 and 104). These ganglia and anastomosing 

 branches constitute the solar or epigastric plexus, lying 



FIG. 104. CHIEF PART OF LEFT HALF OF SYMPATHETIC SYSTEM CAUDAD 

 OF THE DIAPHRAGM. Semidiagrammatic. 



bl, Bladder; ce, cceliac axis; du, duodenum cut off; dia, diaphragm; gr, 

 anterior gastric plexus; g, ganglion; im, inferior mesenteric artery; 

 il, external iliac artery; ng, dorsal branch of vagus (Fig. 103, ax); 

 nl, ventral branch of vagus ; oe, esophagus cut off ; p, superior mesen- 

 teric plexus; plx, inferior mesenteric plexus; px, branches to dorsal 

 gastric plexus ; rn, renal plexus ; sm, superior mesenteric artery ; spn, 

 splanchnic major or greater splanchnic nerve from the sympathetic 

 cord ; sg, semilunar ganglion ; spc, sympathetic cord of left side. 



dorsad of the stomach, to which it sends numerous 

 branches. This plexus also receives the lesser splanchnic 

 nerve coming from the sympathetic cord just cephalad 



