Gastric plexuses

Gastric plexuses
The celiac ganglia with the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal viscera radiating from the ganglia. (Gastric plexus labeled at upper right.)
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Identifiers
Latin	plexus gastrici, plexus nervorum gastricorum
TA98	A14.3.03.024
TA2	6699
FMA	75496
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The superior gastric plexus (gastric or coronary plexus) accompanies the left gastric artery along the lesser curvature of the stomach, and joins with branches from the left vagus nerve.

The term "inferior gastric plexus" is sometimes used to describe a continuation of the hepatic plexus.

Additional images

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  The right sympathetic chain and its connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 987 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• Csendes, A; Smok, G; Braghetto, I; González, P; Henríquez, A; Csendes, P; Pizurno, D (1992). "Histological studies of Auerbach's plexuses of the oesophagus, stomach, jejunum, and colon in patients with achalasia of the oesophagus: correlation with gastric acid secretion, presence of parietal cells and gastric emptying of solids". Gut. 33 (2): 150–4. doi:10.1136/gut.33.2.150. PMC 1373920. PMID 1541407.