Esophageal plexus

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Esophageal plexus
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The tracheobronchial lymph glands. (Esophageal plexus visible at bottom center.)
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Course and distribution of the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves.
Details
From Vagus nerve and sympathetic trunk
To Esophagus (same fibers make up the cardiac plexus)
Identifiers
Latin plexus oesophageus
TA98 A14.2.01.173
A14.3.03.015
TA2 6690
FMA 6225
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The esophageal plexus (oesophageal plexus in British English) is formed by nerve fibers from two sources, branches of the vagus nerve, [1] [2] and visceral branches of the sympathetic trunk. [3] [4] The esophageal plexus and the cardiac plexus contain the same types of fibers and are both considered thoracic autonomic plexus.

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Parasympathetic fibers

The vagus nerve delivers two fiber types to the esophageal plexus:

These vagal fibers in the esophageal plexus reform to make the anterior vagal trunk (left vagus) and the posterior vagal trunk (right vagus). [1] Anterior and posterior being terms in relation to the esophagus, a mnemonic for which is "LARP": Left becomes Anterior, Right becomes Posterior.[ citation needed ]

Sympathetic fibers

The visceral branches of the sympathetic trunk also deliver two fiber types to the esophageal plexus:

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See also

References

PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text in the public domain from page 913 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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  2. Benarroch, E. E. (2014-01-01), "Vagus Nerve (Cranial Nerve X)" , in Aminoff, Michael J.; Daroff, Robert B. (eds.), Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences (Second Edition), Oxford: Academic Press, pp. 589–590, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-385157-4.00516-9, ISBN   978-0-12-385158-1 , retrieved 2020-11-20
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