The renal plexus is a
complex network of nerves formed by filaments from the
celiac ganglia
The celiac ganglia or coeliac ganglia are two large irregularly shaped masses of nerve tissue in the upper abdomen. Part of the sympathetic subdivision of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), the two celiac ganglia are the largest ganglia in the ...
and
plexus
In neuroanatomy, a plexus (from the Latin term for "braid") is a branching network of vessels or nerves. The vessels may be blood vessels (veins, capillaries) or lymphatic vessels. The nerves are typically axons outside the central nervous system. ...
,
aorticorenal ganglia, lower
thoracic splanchnic nerves
Thoracic splanchnic nerves are splanchnic nerves that arise from the sympathetic trunk in the thorax and travel inferiorly to provide sympathetic supply to the abdomen. The nerves contain preganglionic sympathetic fibers and general visceral affer ...
and first
lumbar splanchnic nerve and
aortic plexus.
The nerves from these sources, fifteen or twenty in number, have a few
ganglia
A ganglion is a group of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system. In the somatic nervous system this includes dorsal root ganglia and trigeminal ganglia among a few others. In the autonomic nervous system there are both sympathe ...
developed upon them.
It enters the kidneys on
arterial branches to supply the vessels,
Renal glomerulus, and
tubules with branches to the
ureteric plexus.
Some filaments are distributed to the
spermatic plexus and, on the right side, to the
inferior vena cava
The inferior vena cava is a large vein that carries the deoxygenated blood from the lower and middle body into the right atrium of the heart. It is formed by the joining of the right and the left common iliac veins, usually at the level of the ...
.
The
ovarian plexus
The ovarian plexus arises from the renal plexus, and is distributed to the ovary, and fundus of the uterus.
It is carried in the suspensory ligament of the ovary.uterus
The uterus (from Latin ''uterus'', plural ''uteri'') or womb () is the organ in the reproductive system of most female mammals, including humans that accommodates the embryonic and fetal development of one or more embryos until birth. Th ...
.
Additional images
File:Gray849.png, Lower half of right sympathetic cord.
References
External links
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Nerve plexus
Nerves of the torso
Kidney
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