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ANATOMY IN A NUTSHELL. 



from the cceliac plexus, the right vagus nerve, and the left semilunar ganglion. 

 It distributes branches to the pancreatic and left gastro-epiploic plexus, also to 

 the substance of the spl< i n. 



Superior Mesenteric Plexus. 

 This plexus emerges from under cover of the pancreas and surrounds the 

 trunk of the superior ni< seiiti ric artery. A few ganglia which are found around 

 this artery are called ganglia mesenterica. The branches of this plexus are of 

 a large size and are white and firm. It rec< ives branches from the solar plexus. 

 the cceliac plexus, and the right vagus nerve. It gives off branches to the 

 pancreas, all the small intestines, to the ascending and half of the transverse 

 colon, and to the pancreatico-duodenal plexus. 



PLATE CCXXVIII. 



ANTERIOR PALATINE FORAMEN 





ACCESSORY PALATINE FORAMINA 



Tin: Hard Palate. 



Branches from this plexus form .a secondary plexus corresponding to the 

 primary and secondary loops of 'he artery and reach the small intestines by 

 spreading ou1 in the m< s< ritery. 



\< 'Kin- Plexus. 



This plexus is situated on the sid( s and in fronl of the aorta, between the 

 origins of the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries. 



It receives branches from th< solar pit xus and semilunar ganglia, also from 

 the lumbar ganglia. It gives off branches of distribution to the spermatic 

 plexus, the inferior mesenteric plexus, tin- hypogastric plexus, and the inferior 

 vena cava. 



Inferior Mesenteric Plexus. 



The inferior Mesenteric plexus surrounds the inferior mesenteric artery 

 and divides into a number of secondary plexuses. Upon this artery is a gang- 

 lion called the inferior mesenteric ganglion. This plexus receives branches 



