PLEXUSES 



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PLEXUSES 



TABLE OF NERVE-PLEXUSES. 



Name. 



Location. 



Derivation 



Distribution. 



Aortic (abdominal). 



Sides and front of 

 aorta. 



Semilunar and lumbar ganglia, renal Inferior mesenteric, spermatic and 

 and solar plexuses. hypogastric plexuses, filaments to 



the inferior vena cava. 



ic (thoracic). 



Surrounding the tho- 

 racic aorta. 



Thoracic ganglia of the sympathetic 

 nerve ; cardiac plexus. 



;rbach's. 



Between the circular 

 and longitudinal 

 muscular coats of 

 the small intestine. 



Sympathetic. 



Solar plexus, aorta. 



Intestinal walls. 



Axillary- 



See Brachial. 



Brachial. 



Lower part of neck to 

 axilla. 



Ventral branches of the four lower 

 cervical and the greater part of the 

 first thoracic nerve. 



Suprascapular, rhomboid, median, ul- 

 nar, musculo-spiral, posterior thor- 

 acic, muscular thoracic, subscapular, 

 circumflex, \Vrisberg : s musculo- 

 cutaneous. 



lardiac (great or deep). In front of the bifurca- 

 tion of the trachea. 



Cardiac nerves of the cervical ganglia Pulmonary, coronary, and cardiac 

 of the sympathetic, branches of the plexuses, 

 recurrent laryngeal and vagusnerves. 



Cardiac (superficial or Beneath the arch of 

 anterior). ! the aorta. 



Left superior cardiac, branches of the ; Coronary and pulmonary plexuses, 

 vagus and deep cardiac plexus. 



■otid (external). 



I Around the external 

 j carotid artery. 



Pharyngeal plexus, superior cardiac External carotid artery and its 

 nerve, superior cervical ganglion. branches. 



cygeal. 



Dorsal surface of 

 coccyx and caudal 

 end of sacrum. 



Fourth and fifth sacral and the coccy- 

 geal nerves. 



Ano-coccygeal nerves. 



wan,- (anterior). 



Below arch of aorta. Superficial and deep cardiac plexuses. Ventral surface of heart. 



anary (gastric). 



Lesser curvature of 

 stomach. 



Celiac, vagus, solar plexus. 



Stomach. 



Dnary (posterior). 



Coronary artery at 

 dorsum of heart. 



Deep cardiac plexus. 



iral. 



Around the upper por- Anterior crural nerve, 

 tion of femoral artery. 



Filaments to ventricles. 



Adjacent structures. 



ral (of Cruveilhier). 



Posterior cervical re- 

 gion. 



Great occipital nerve, first and second 

 cervical nerves. 



Posterior cervical region. 



Gall-bladder. 



Hepatic plexus. 



Gall-bladder. 



Ual (inferior). 



Around the roots of 

 the teeth of the 

 mandible. 



t'hragmatic. 



the ductus choledo- 

 hus. 



See Phrenic. 



Around the common 

 bile-duct. 



Inferior dental nerve. 



Teeth. 



Hepatic plexus. 



Bile-duct. 



See Solar. 



Around the esophagus. Vagus nerve, thoracic sympathetic Esophagus, 

 ganglia. 



The roots of origin of the inferior Inferior maxillary nerve, 

 maxillary nerve. 



