- May 2, 2026The anterior cutaneous nerves of the abdomen are the medial terminal branches of the thoracic intercostal nerves T7-T12, which pierce…
- May 2, 2026The superior mesenteric ganglion is a prevertebral sympathetic ganglion lying at the origin of the superior mesenteric artery from the…
- May 2, 2026The inferior mesenteric ganglion is a small prevertebral sympathetic ganglion located at the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery from…
- May 2, 2026The myenteric plexus (Auerbach plexus) is one of the two main components of the enteric nervous system, located between the…
- May 2, 2026The subcostal nerve is the ventral ramus of the T12 spinal nerve, running below the twelfth rib in the subcostal…
- May 2, 2026The right vagus nerve comes to lie on the posterior surface of the oesophagus as it descends through the thorax,…
- May 2, 2026The lumbar splanchnic nerves are four branches from the lumbar sympathetic ganglia (L1-L4) that pass medially to join the inferior…
- May 2, 2026The lumbar plexus is formed within the psoas major muscle by the anterior rami of L1-L4 with a variable contribution…
- May 2, 2026The abdominal aortic plexus is a dense autonomic network surrounding the abdominal aorta below the diaphragm, formed by contributions from…
- May 2, 2026As the two vagal nerves descend with the oesophagus through the thorax they rotate with the oesophagus so that the…