Thoracic aortic plexus

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Nerve: Thoracic aortic plexus
Latin	plexus aorticus thoracicus
Dorlands / Elsevier	p_24/12647530

The thoracic aortic plexus is a sympathetic plexus in the region of the thoracic aorta.

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• Human anatomy at Dartmouth figures/chapter_32/32-6.HTM

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