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THE XERVE SYSTEM 



The Renal Plexus (plexus renalis] (Figs. 785 and 786) is formed by filaments 

 from the coeliac plexus, the lower part of the semilunar ganglion (aorticorenal 

 ganglion) and the aortic plexus. It is also joined by the least splanchnic 



Phrenic ganeflimi. 

 Suprarenal plexus. 



Right (treat 



splanchni 



nerve. 



Eight 

 semilunar 

 ganglion. 



Right renal 



ganglion. 

 Right small 

 splanchnic nerve. 



Right renal artery. 



Right gangliated cord. 



Communicating branch 



Hepatic 

 artery. < 



Branch to aortic plex 



Left semilunar ganglion. 

 Superior mesenteric artery. 



Left great splanchnic 



nerve. 



Left small splanchnic 

 nerve. 



Left renal ganglion. 



Left renal artery. 

 Superior mesenteric ganglion. 



Branch to aortic plexus. 



Left rjangliatetl <-r<l 

 of sympathetic. 



Inferior mesenteric artery. 



Inferior mesenteric yuntjlittn. 



Kacrovertebrnl angle. 

 Common iliac vein. 

 Common iliac artery. 



PIG. 780. Lumbar portion of the gangliated cord, with the coeliac and hypogastric plexuses. (After Henlc.) 



