Spermatic plexus
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| The celiac ganglia with the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal viscera radiating from the ganglia. (Spermatic plexus labeled at right, third from the bottom.) | |
| Latin | plexus testicularis, plexus spermaticus |
| Gray's | subject #220 987 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | p_24/12648522 |
The spermatic plexus (or testicular plexus) is derived from the renal plexus, receiving branches from the aortic plexus. It accompanies the internal spermatic artery to the testis.
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 Lower half of right sympathetic cord. |
 The scrotum. |
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| sympathetic nervous system: sympathetic trunks (white ramus communicans, gray ramus communicans) - collateral ganglia cavernous plexus - cervical ganglia: (superior, middle, inferior) - splanchnic nerves: (thoracic, lumbar, sacral) - ganglion impar celiac: celiac ganglia - aorticorenal - renal - spermatic/ovarian - superior mesenteric - aortic plexus - inferior mesenteric - hepatic - splenic - gastric - pancreatic - suprarenal hypogastric: superior hypogastric - inferior hypogastric - vesical - prostatic - uterovaginal parasympathetic nervous system: ciliary ganglion (short ciliary nerves) - pterygopalatine ganglion (nerve of pterygoid canal) - submandibular ganglion - otic ganglion - pelvic splanchnic |
