CELIAC PLEXUS
\sˈɛlɪˌak plˈɛksəs], \sˈɛlɪˌak plˈɛksəs], \s_ˈɛ_l_ɪ__ˌa_k p_l_ˈɛ_k_s_ə_s]\
Definitions of CELIAC PLEXUS
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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A complex network of nerve fibers including sympathetic and parasympathetic efferents and visceral afferents. The celiac plexus is the largest of the autonomic plexuses and is located in the abdomen surrounding the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries.
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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