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CAVERNOUS PLEXUS

\kˈavənəs plˈɛksəs], \kˈavənəs plˈɛksəs], \k_ˈa_v_ə_n_ə_s p_l_ˈɛ_k_s_ə_s]\

Definitions of CAVERNOUS PLEXUS

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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in the cavernous sinus.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A sympathetic plexus in the cavernous sinus, upon and below the highest portion of the internal carotid artery, which furnishes branches to that vessel and connects with the third, fourth, and fifth cranial nerves.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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