THE EPIGASTRIC OR SOLAR PLEXUS. 



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Diaphragmatic ganglion. , 

 Suprarenal capsule. 



Hepatic 

 artery. 



Renal ganglion. 

 Small splanchnic nerve. _ 



Left semilunar ganglion. 

 Superior mesenteric artery. 

 Great splanchnic nerve. 

 Sma tt splanchnic nerve. 



Renal ganglion. 



'Renal artery. 

 Superior mesenteric ganglion. 



Branch to aortic plexus. 



Branch to aortic plexus. 



Gangliated cord of 

 sympathetic. 



Inferior mesenteric artery. 



^Inferior mesenteric ganglion. 



.Sacro-vertebral angle. 

 Common iliac vein. 

 Common iliac artery. 



FIG. 427. Lumbar portion of the gangliated cord, with the solar and hypogastric plexuses. (After Henle.) 



They are situated in front of the crura of the Diaphragm, close to the suprarenal 

 capsules : the one on the right side lies beneath the inferior vena cava ; the upper 

 part of each ganglion is joined by the greater splanchnic nerve, and to the inner 

 side of each the branches of the solar plexus are connected. 



