THE ABDOMINAL PLEXUSES. 



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nerve, 36, middle cardiac nerve ; 37, strand of junction of middle cervical 

 ganglion with, 38, inferior cervical ganglion ; 40, twigs furnished by in- 

 ferior cervical ganglion around the subclavian and vertebral arteries ; 41, 

 anastomotic branch with the first intercostal nerve ; 42, cardiac plexus 

 and ganglion ; 43, 44, secondary plexuses of right and left coronary ar- 

 teries ; from 45 to 46, thoracic ganglionary chain ; 47, the great splanch- 

 nic traversing the diaphragm, and going to, 48, semilunar ganglion ; 49, 

 little splanchnic ; 50, solar plexus, receiving, 51, anastomosis of pneu- 

 mogastric, 52, phrenic nerve; 53, gastric coronary; 54, hepatic; 55, sple- 

 nic ; 56, superior mesenteric, enveloping the arteries of those names ; 57, 

 renal plexus ; from 58 to 58, lumbar ganglionic chain; 59, lumbo-aortic 

 plexus, presenting two enlargements, one, 60, above, the other, 61, below 

 the bifurcation of the aorta; 62, spermatic plexus ; 63, inferior mesenteric; 

 64, hypogastric plexus ; 65 to 65, sacral ganglionic chain ; 66, terminal 

 coccygeal ganglion ; A, heart, slightly turned aside to show the cardiac 

 plexus ; B, arch of the aorta, also drawn aside by hook ; C, innominata ; 

 D, subclavian, cut, to show inferior cervical ganglion ; E, inferior thy> 

 roid; F, portion of external carotid; G, internal carotid; H, thoracic 

 aorta ; I, abdominal aorta ; J, primitive iliac ; K, intercostals ; L, pul- 

 monary artery, of which the right branch is cut ; M, superior vena cava, 

 cut at its origin ; N, vena cava inferior ; O, pulmonary veins ; #, lach- 

 rymal gland ; &, sublingual gland ; c, submaxillary gland ; d, thyroid 

 body ; e, trachea ; f, oesophagus, going to, g, the stomach ; A, several in- 

 testinal loops with superior mesenteric plexus ; i, transverse colon ; j 9 

 sigmoid flexure ; &, rectum ; Z, bladder ; m, ureter ; ft, prostate ; o, ve- 

 Fi 9- - sicula seminalis ; p, vas deferens ; , sperm- 



atic cord; r, r, diaphragm. 



THE ABDOMINAL PLEXUSES. 



The abdominal plexuses. 



Fig. 177: 1, 1, 1, 1, portion of the right 

 and left ganglionic chain ; 2, coccygeal gan- 

 glion ; 3, median anastomoses of the two 

 sacral cords ; 4, 4, great splanchnic, right 

 and left, traversing the diaphragm, and go- 

 ing to, 5, 5, semilunar ganglia ; 6, solar 

 plexus ; 7, splenic plexus ; 8, hepatic plex- 

 us ; 9, coronary plexus of stomach ; 10, 

 anastomoses of the two pneumogastrics, 

 right and left, with solar plexus and gastric 

 coronary; 11, diaphragmatic plexus and su- 

 perior capsular; 12, anastomoses of these 

 two plexuses with the phrenic nerve ; 13, 

 middle capsular plexus ; 14, inferior capsu- 



