Superior mesenteric plexus 5157115 154740336 2007-08-31T04:03:34Z Arcadian 104523 infobox {{Infobox Nerve | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = plexus mesentericus superior | GraySubject = 220 | GrayPage = 987 | Image = Gray848.png | Caption = The [[celiac ganglia]] with the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal viscera radiating from the ganglia. | Image2 = | Caption2 = | Innervates = | BranchFrom = [[celiac plexus]] | BranchTo = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = p_24 | DorlandsSuf = 12648134 | }} The '''superior mesenteric plexus''' is a continuation of the lower part of the [[celiac plexus]], receiving a branch from the junction of the right [[vagus nerve]] with the plexus. It surrounds the [[superior mesenteric artery]], accompanies it into the [[mesentery]], and divides into a number of secondary plexuses, which are distributed to all the parts supplied by the artery, viz., pancreatic branches to the [[pancreas]]; intestinal branches to the [[small intestine]]; and [[ileocolic]], right colic, and middle colic branches, which supply the corresponding parts of the great intestine. The nerves composing this plexus are white in color and firm in texture; in the upper part of the plexus close to the origin of the [[superior mesenteric artery]] is a [[ganglion]] ('''ganglion mesentericum superius'''). ==Additional images== <gallery> Image:Gray838.png|The right sympathetic chain and its connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses. Image:Gray839.png|Diagram of efferent sympathetic nervous system. Image:Gray849.png|Lower half of right sympathetic cord. </gallery> ==External links== * {{DartmouthHumanAnatomy|figures/chapter_32/32-6.HTM}} {{Gray's}} {{neuroscience-stub}} {{Autonomic}} [[Category:Nervous system]]