Superior mesenteric ganglion

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Superior mesenteric ganglion
Sympathetic (red) and parasympathetic (blue) nervous system
Details
Tosuperior mesenteric plexus
Identifiers
Latinganglion mesentericum superius
TA98A14.3.03.030
TA26641
FMA77589
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

In the upper part of the superior mesenteric plexus close to the origin of the superior mesenteric artery is a ganglion, the superior mesenteric ganglion.

The superior mesenteric ganglion is the synapsing point for one of the pre- and post-synaptic nerves of the sympathetic division of the autonomous nervous system. Specifically, contributions to the Superior Mesenteric Ganglion arise from TV10 and TV11. This nerve goes on to innervate the small intestine, the ascending colon and the transverse colon.[1]

References

  1. ^ Nervous System and Sensory Organs

External links

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 987 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)