Gastric plexuses

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Gastric plexuses
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The celiac ganglia with the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal viscera radiating from the ganglia. (Gastric plexus labeled at upper right.)
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Latin Plexus gastrici,
plexus nervorum gastricorum
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The superior gastric plexus (gastric or coronary plexus) accompanies the left gastric artery along the lesser curvature of the stomach, and joins with branches from the left vagus nerve.

The term "inferior gastric plexus" is sometimes used to describe a continuation of the hepatic plexus.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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