Aorticorenal plexus
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View Craig Hacking's current disclosures- aorticorenal ganglion
- aortic plexus
- aorticorenal ganglia
- aorticorenal plexuses
- aortic plexuses
- aortic ganglia
- aortic ganglion
The aorticorenal plexus (plural: plexuses) is an autonomic nerve plexus and ganglia located in the upper abdomen and is an inferior perivascular extension of the larger celiac plexus. Some descriptions separate the aortic and aorticorenal plexuses but they are considerably interconnected and considered the same plexus.
Summary
location: bilateral plexuses and ganglia lie on the upper abdominal aorta between the origins of the celiac trunk and renal arteries
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origin:
preganglionic sympathetic fibers via the greater and lesser splanchnic nerves via the celiac plexus as well as a direct contribution from the lesser splanchnic nerve
preganglionic parasympathetic fibers from the vagus nerves
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branches and supply: gives origin to a complex network of small branches which follow the renal artery branches and extends superiorly to the celiac plexus, medially to the superior mesenteric plexus and laterally to the renal plexus
supplies the kidneys, abdominal aorta and gonads
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relations:
anterior: stomach, lesser sac, duodenum
posterior: renal arteries and abdominal aorta
superior: celiac artery and celiac plexus
medial: superior mesenteric artery and vein
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