Thoracic aortic plexus

Thoracic aortic plexus
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Identifiers
Latin	plexus aorticus thoracicus
TA98	A14.3.03.012
TA2	6658
FMA	77574
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

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

References

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

External links

figures/chapter_32/32-6.HTM: Basic Human Anatomy at Dartmouth Medical School

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Anatomy of the autonomic nervous system

Head

Sympathetic	Cervical ganglia: roots long ciliary Deep petrosal
Parasympathetic	Ciliary ganglion Roots Short ciliary Pterygopalatine ganglion deep petrosal nerve of pterygoid canal branches of distribution: greater palatine inferior posterior nasal branches lesser palatine nasopalatine medial superior posterior nasal branches pharyngeal Submandibular ganglion Otic ganglion

Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia: Cervical ganglia Superior Middle Inferior Stellate ganglion prevertebral plexus: Cavernous plexus Internal carotid

Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia: Thoracic ganglia prevertebral plexus: Cardiac plexus Esophageal plexus Pulmonary plexus Thoracic aortic plexus splanchnic nerves: cardiopulmonary thoracic cardiac nerves: Superior Middle Inferior

Sympathetic

paravertebral ganglia: Lumbar ganglia

prevertebral plexus:
Celiac plexus

aorticorenal
- Abdominal aortic plexus
- Renal/Suprarenal
Superior mesenteric
- Gastric
Inferior mesenteric
- Spermatic
- Ovarian
Superior hypogastric
- hypogastric nerve
- Superior rectal
Inferior hypogastric
- Vesical
- Prostatic / Cavernous nerves of penis
- Uterovaginal
- Middle rectal

splanchnic nerves: Lumbar splanchnic nerves

Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia: Sacral ganglia Ganglion impar splanchnic nerves: Sacral splanchnic nerves
Parasympathetic	splanchnic nerves: Pelvic splanchnic nerves

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