Inferior mesenteric plexus

The inferior mesenteric plexus is derived chiefly from the aortic plexus.

Inferior mesenteric plexus
Lower half of right sympathetic cord. (Inferior mesenteric plexus labeled at center right.)
The celiac ganglia with the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal viscera radiating from the ganglia. (Inferior mesenteric plexus labeled at lower right.)
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FromAortic plexus
Identifiers
Latinplexus mesentericus inferior
TA98A14.3.03.036
TA26709
FMA6641
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

It surrounds the inferior mesenteric artery, and divides into a number of secondary plexuses, which are distributed to all the parts supplied by the artery, viz., the left colic and sigmoid plexuses, which supply the descending and sigmoid parts of the colon; and the superior hemorrhoidal plexus, which supplies the rectum and joins in the pelvis with branches from the pelvic plexuses.

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  This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 987 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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