Aorticorenal plexus

Last revised by Craig Hacking on 19 Oct 2022

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Citation:

Hacking C, Aorticorenal plexus. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-154796

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-154796

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/154796

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154796

Article created:

18 Oct 2022, Craig Hacking ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Craig Hacking had the following disclosures:

Philips Australia, Paid speaker at Philips Spectral CT events (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Last revised:

19 Oct 2022, Craig Hacking ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Craig Hacking had the following disclosures:

Philips Australia, Paid speaker at Philips Spectral CT events (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

View Craig Hacking's current disclosures

Revisions:

5 times, by 1 contributor - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Vascular, Central Nervous System, Urogenital

Sections:

Anatomy

Synonyms:

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 coeliac 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 coeliac trunk and renal arteries
origin:
- preganglionic sympathetic fibres via the greater and lesser splanchnic nerves via the coeliac plexus as well as a direct contribution from the lesser splanchnic nerve
- preganglionic parasympathetic fibres from the vagus nerves
branches and supply: gives origin to a complex network of small branches which follow the renal artery branches and extends superiorly to the coeliac plexus, medially to the superior mesenteric plexus and laterally to the renal plexus
- supplies the kidneys, abdominal aorta and gonads
relations:
- anterior: stomach, lesser sac, duodenum
- posterior: renal arteries and abdominal aorta
- superior: coeliac artery and coeliac plexus
- medial: superior mesenteric artery and vein