THE ABDOMINAL PORTION OF THE SYMPATHETIC SYSTEM 983 



Gray rami communicantes pass from all the ganglia to the lumbar spinal nerves. 

 The first and second, and sometimes the third, lumbar nerves send white rami 



Diaphragmat ic 

 lion 



Suprarenal gland ^J 



Greater 



.splanchnic 



nerve 



Right 



celiac 



ganglion 



Aorticorenal ganglion 

 Lowest splanchnic 



Renal artery 



Communicating branch 



Hepatic 

 artery 



Left celiac ganglion 

 Superior mesenteric 



artery 



Greater splanchnic nerve 

 Lesser splanchnic 



Aorticorenal 

 ganglion 



Renal artery 



Superior mesenteric 

 ganglion 



Branch to aortic plexus 



Branch to aortic plexus 



Sympathetic trunk 



Inferior mesenteric artery 



Inferior mesenteric 

 ganglion 



Sacrovertebral angle 



Common iliac vein 

 Common iliac artery 



FIG. 847. Abdominal portion of the sympathetic trunk, with the celiac and hypogastric plexuses. (Henle.) 



