Renal plexus
Nerve: Renal plexus | |
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The celiac ganglia with the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal viscera radiating from the ganglia (renal plexus labeled at center right). | |
Plan of right sympathetic trunk and splanchnic nerves (renal plexus labeled at bottom center). | |
Latin | Plexus renalis |
Gray's | p.987 |
The renal plexus is formed by filaments from the celiac ganglia and plexus, aorticorenal ganglia, lower thoracic splanchnic nerves and first lumbar splanchnic nerve and aortic plexus.[1]
The nerves from these sources, fifteen or twenty in number, have a few ganglia developed upon them.
It enters the kidneys on arterial branches to supply the vessels, Renal glomerulus, and tubules with branches to the ureteric plexus.[1] Some filaments are distributed to the spermatic plexus and, on the right side, to the inferior vena cava.
Additional images
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Lower half of right sympathetic cord.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Claudia R. Senesac; Mark Bishop (2010). Finley's Interactive Cadaveric Dissection Guide. Burlington, Massachusetts, USA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers. ISBN 9781449660475. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
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