- lowest splanchnic nerve
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lowest splanchnic nerve
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splanchnic nerve — n any of three important nerves situated on each side of the body and formed by the union of branches from the six or seven lower thoracic and first lumbar ganglia of the sympathetic system: a) a superior one ending in the celiac ganglion called… … Medical dictionary
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thoracic splanchnic nerve lowest — nervus splanchnicus imus … Medical dictionary
Thoracic splanchnic nerves — Nerve: Thoracic splanchnic nerves The right sympathetic chain and its connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses. (Greater and lesser splanchnic nerves labeled at left.) … Wikipedia
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nervus splanchnicus imus — [TA] least splanchnic nerve: origin, last ganglion of sympathetic trunk or lesser splanchnic nerve; distribution, aorticorenal ganglion and adjacent plexus; modality, sympathetic and visceral afferent. Called also lowest thoracic splanchnic nerve … Medical dictionary
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