Hypogastric nerve
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| Nerve: Hypogastric nerve | |
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| Abdominal portion of the sympathetic trunk, with the celiac and hypogastric plexuses. (Hypogastric nerve visible but not labeled.) | |
| Latin | nervus hypogastricus |
The hypogastric nerve is a term for the transition between the superior hypogastric plexus and the inferior hypogastric plexus. The hypogastric nerve enters the sympathetic chain at T10-L2.
[edit] Structure
The hypogastric nerve begins where the superior hypogastric plexus splits into a right and left plexus. Each of these divisions is considered a hypogastric nerve. The hypogastric nerve continues inferiorly on its respective side of the body, where it descends into the pelvis to form the inferior hypogastric plexus.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- SUNY Labs 40:09-0203 - "Posterior Abdominal Wall: The Abdominal Aorta and Paraaortic Nerve Plexus"
- Hypogastric+nerve at eMedicine Dictionary
- Anatomy at UMich pelvic_autonomic_module/pelvic_page05
- http://www.downstate.edu/ginzler-painmanagement/ginzler-painmanagement.htm
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