• plexuses. Alternatively, the Latin plural plexūs may be used. The four primary nerve plexuses are the cervical plexus, brachial plexus, lumbar plexus...
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    the plexus. The celiac plexus includes a number of smaller plexuses: Hepatic plexus Splenic plexus Gastric plexus Pancreatic plexus Suprarenal plexus Other...
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  • solar plexus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The celiac plexus (or solar plexus) is a complex network of nerves located in the abdomen. Solar plexus or...
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    The choroid plexus, or plica choroidea, is a plexus of cells that arises from the tela choroidea in each of the ventricles of the brain. Regions of the...
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    A brachial plexus injury (BPI), also known as brachial plexus lesion, is an injury to the brachial plexus, the network of nerves that conducts signals...
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    A nerve plexus is a plexus (branching network) of intersecting nerves. A nerve plexus is composed of afferent and efferent fibers that arise from the...
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    The brachial plexus is a network of nerves (nerve plexus) formed by the anterior rami of the lower four cervical nerves and first thoracic nerve (C5,...
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    venous plexus External vertebral venous plexuses Internal vertebral venous plexuses Pampiniform venous plexus Prostatic venous plexus Pterygoid plexus Rectal...
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  • Look up plexus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A Plexus is a network of nerves or blood vessels. Plexus may also refer to: Nervous plexus, a branching...
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    The pampiniform plexus (from Latin pampinus, a tendril, + forma, form) is a venous plexus – a network of many small veins found in the human male spermatic...
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    (Meissner's) plexuses. Myenteric plexuses are located between the inner and outer layers of the muscularis externa, while submucosal plexuses are located...
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    this plexus is usually divided into three parts: lumbar plexus sacral plexus pudendal plexus The autonomic nervous system (ANS) controls involuntary responses...
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    A hair plexus or root hair plexus is a special group of nerve fiber endings and serves as a very sensitive mechanoreceptor for touch sensation. Each hair...
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  • Subareolar lymphatic plexus, also known as Sappey's plexus is the lympatic drainage of the areola of the breast. It is a dense network of lympatics located...
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    Kiesselbach's plexus is an anastomotic arterial network (plexus) of four or five arteries in the nose supplying the nasal septum. It lies in the anterior...
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  • Woodruff's plexus was discovered by George H. Woodruff in 1949. The plexus is located below the posterior end of the inferior concha, on the lateral wall...
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    The myenteric plexus (or Auerbach's plexus) provides motor innervation to both layers of the muscular layer of the gut, having both parasympathetic and...
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    The lumbar plexus is a web of nerves (a nerve plexus) in the lumbar region of the body which forms part of the larger lumbosacral plexus. It is formed...
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    The pterygoid plexus (/ˈtɛrɪɡɔɪd/; from Greek pteryx, "wing" and eidos, "shape") is a fine venous plexus upon and within the lateral pterygoid muscle....
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    Manipura (redirect from Solar plexus chakra)
    at the point in a balanced system. Manipura is the home of the coeliac plexus, which innervates most of the digestive system. In chakra-based medicine...
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    usually divided into three parts: lumbar plexus sacral plexus pudendal plexus Injuries to the lumbosacral plexus are predominantly witnessed as bone injuries...
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    Choroid plexus cysts (CPCs) are cysts that occur within choroid plexus of the brain. They are the most common type of intraventricular cyst, occurring...
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    pampiniform venous plexus in the scrotum; in a woman, it is an abnormal painful swelling to the embryologically identical pampiniform venous plexus; it is more...
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    vertebrates. CSF is produced by specialised ependymal cells in the choroid plexus of the ventricles of the brain, and absorbed in the arachnoid granulations...
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    The basilar plexus (transverse or basilar sinus) consists of several interlacing venous channels between the layers of the dura mater over the basilar...
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    location. The spinal plexuses are the cervical plexus, brachial plexus, lumbar plexus, the sacral plexus and the much smaller coccygeal plexus. The cervical...
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    In human anatomy, the sacral plexus is a nerve plexus which provides motor and sensory nerves for the posterior thigh, most of the lower leg and foot,...
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    submucosal plexus (Meissner's plexus, plexus of the submucosa, plexus submucosus) lies in the submucosa of the intestinal wall. The nerves of this plexus are...
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    The parotid plexus or plexus parotideus is the branch point of the facial nerve (extratemporal) after it leaves the stylomastoid foramen. This division...
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    cervical plexus is a nerve plexus of the anterior rami of the first (i.e. upper-most) four cervical spinal nerves C1-C4. The cervical plexus provides...
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