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THE SOLAR PLEXUS. 



lar plexus, coming from, 15, renal plexus ; 16, 16, lesser splanchnics, 

 traversing the diaphragm; 17, superior mesenteric plexus; 18, sperm- 

 atic plexus, arising from three sources, the renal, lumbo-aortic, and hypo- 

 gastric; from 19 to 19, lumbo-aortic plexus; 20, 20, its bifurcations; 

 21, inferior mesenteric plexus ; 22, 22, its anastomoses with, 23, 23, 

 hypogastric plexus on each side ; 24, 24, sacral plexus ; , diaphragm, 

 cut ; , portion of stomach and oesophagus ; c, spleen ; d, kidney and its 

 supra-renal capsule ; e, testicle ; /*, ureter, cut ; A, A, aorta. 



THE SOLAR PLEXUS. 



Fig. 178: 1, solar plexus, furnishing, 2, hepatic plexus; 3, gastric 

 coronary plexus, and, 4, splenic plexus ; 5, anastomoses of right and left 

 pneumogastric with the solar plexus and gastric coronary ; 6, branches 

 of pneumogastric going to the liver ; 7, plexus of biliary ducts; 8, origin 

 of superior mesenteric plexus ; 9, renal plexus ; 10, capsular plexus ; 

 11, 11, spermatic plexus; 12, commencement of lumbo-aortic plexus; 

 13, portion of inferior mesenteric plexus ; a, the liver, raised ; , the stom- 

 ach, cut at its great end ; , the spleen ; d, the kidney ; e, kidney, cut ; 

 f, supra-renal capsule ; <7, <?, ureters ; . Fig. ITO. 



\ duodenum ; i, i, pancreas. 



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The solar plexus. 



The mesenteric plexuses. 



SUPERIOR MESENTERIC AND INFERIOR MESENTERIC PLEXUS. 



Fig. 179: 1, superior mesenteric plexus, surrounding the divisions of 

 the artery of the same name, and offering many flat ganglia ; 2, portion 

 of inferior mesenteric plexus ; #, ccecum and appendix vermiformis ; b, b, 

 transverse colon ; <?, portion of small intestine. 



