Prevertebral ganglia
Prevertebral ganglia (or collateral ganglia,[1] or preaortic ganglia[2]) are sympathetic ganglia situated along the midline, anterior to the aorta and the vertebral column. The prevertebral ganglia are the celiac ganglia (including the aorticorenal ganglia), the superior mesenteric ganglion, and the inferior mesenteric ganglion.[3]
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 The celiac ganglia with the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal viscera radiating from the ganglia. | |
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The paravertebral ganglia, meanwhile, are the segmental ganglia of each the sympathetic trunk situated along either side of the midline.
Additional images
Sympathetic (red) and parasympathetic (blue) nervous system
References
- "uams.edu". Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- "Primitive Gut Morphogenesis". Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- Hamill, Robert W.; Shapiro, Robert E.; Vizzard, Margaret A. (2012-01-01), Robertson, David; Biaggioni, Italo; Burnstock, Geoffrey; Low, Phillip A. (eds.), "Chapter 4 - Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System", Primer on the Autonomic Nervous System (Third Edition), San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 17–26, ISBN 978-0-12-386525-0, retrieved 2023-08-28
External links
- Nosek, Thomas M. "Section 6/6ch2/s6ch2_30". Essentials of Human Physiology. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24.
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