nerve plexus

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nerve plexus - a network of intersecting nerves     plexus, rete - a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels autonomic plexus, plexus autonomici - a plexus of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibers brachial plexus, plexus brachialis - a network of nerves formed by cervical and thoracic spinal nerves and supplying the arm and parts of the shoulder cardiac plexus, plexus cardiacus - a plexus of nerves supplying the heart and nearby structures carotid plexus, plexus caroticus - a plexus of nerves surrounding the internal carotid artery cervical plexus, plexus cervicalis - a nerve plexus lying beneath the sternocleidomastoid muscle coccygeal plexus, plexus coccygeus - a small plexus formed by the fifth sacral and coccygeal nerves hypogastric plexus, plexus hypogastricus - a plexus of nerves serving the pelvic viscera lumbar plexus, plexus lumbalis - a plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves lumbosacral plexus - a nerve plexus formed by the ventral divisions of the coccygeal and sacral and lumbar nerves; supplies the lower limbs and perineum and coccygeal area mesenteric plexus, plexus mesentericus - a plexus of autonomic nerves myenteric plexus, plexus myentericus - a plexus of unmyelinated fibers and postganglionic autonomic cell bodies in the muscular coat of the esophagus and stomach and intestines periarterial plexus, plexus periarterialis - an autonomic plexus that accompanies an artery plexus dentalis - a plexus of nerves serving the teeth plexus pulmonalis, pulmonary plexis - one of two autonomic nerve plexuses in each lung plexus sacralis, sacral plexus - a nerve plexus formed by the 4th and 5th lumbar and 1st, 2nd, 3rd sacral nerves; supplies the pelvic region and lower limbs abdominal nerve plexus, coeliac plexus, plexus celiacus, solar plexus - a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach