Abdominal aortic plexus

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Abdominal aortic plexus
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The celiac ganglia with the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal viscera radiating from the ganglia (aortic plexus labeled at left)
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From Celiac plexus, superior mesenteric plexus
To Superior hypogastric plexus
Identifiers
Latin plexus aorticus abdominalis
TA98 A14.3.03.019
TA2 6695
FMA 6640
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The abdominal aortic plexus (not to be confused with the thoracic aortic plexus) is formed by branches derived, on either side, from the celiac plexus and ganglia, and receives filaments from some of the lumbar ganglia.

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It is situated upon the sides and front of the aorta, between the origins of the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries.

From this plexus arise part of the spermatic, the iliac, the inferior mesenteric and the hypogastric plexuses; it also distributes filaments to the inferior vena cava.

The abdominal aortic plexus contains the spermatic ganglia, the inferior mesenteric ganglion, and the prehypogastric ganglion.

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References

PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text in the public domain from page 987 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)