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  2. Cardiac plexus - Wikipedia

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    The deep part of the cardiac plexus is situated in front of the bifurcation of the trachea (known as the carina), above the point of division of the pulmonary artery, and behind the aortic arch. It is formed by the cardiac nerves derived from the cervical ganglia of the sympathetic trunk, and the cardiac branches of the vagus and recurrent ...

  3. Sacral plexus - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the sacral plexus is a nerve plexus which provides motor and sensory nerves for the posterior thigh, most of the lower leg and foot, and part of the pelvis. It is part of the lumbosacral plexus and emerges from the lumbar vertebrae and sacral vertebrae (L4-S4). [ 1 ]

  4. Splanchnic nerves - Wikipedia

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    Sacral splanchnic nerves: sacral part of sympathetic trunk: inferior hypogastric plexus and ganglia to the pelvic viscera: Pelvic splanchnic nerves: parasympathetic: S2–S4: intrinsic ganglia of descending and sigmoid colon, rectum, and inferior hypogastric plexus and ganglia to the pelvic viscera

  5. Sacral splanchnic nerves - Wikipedia

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    The sacral sympathetic nerves arise from the sacral part of the sympathetic trunk, emerging anteriorly from the ganglia.They travel to their corresponding side's inferior hypogastric plexus, where the preganglionic nerve fibers synapse with the postganglionic sympathetic neurons, whose fibers ascend to the superior hypogastric plexus, the aortic plexus and the inferior mesenteric plexus, where ...

  6. Nerve plexus - Wikipedia

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    The cervical plexus innervates muscles of the neck and areas of skin on the head, neck and chest. The deep branches innervate muscles, while the superficial branches supply areas of skin. A long branch (primarily of fibers of C4 and with contributions of fibers from C3 and C5; nervus phrenicus) innervates muscles of the diaphragm.

  7. Cardiac nerve - Wikipedia

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    The cardiac nerves are autonomic nerves which supply the heart. [1] They include: Superior cardiac nerve [1] (nervus cardiacus cervicalis superior) Middle cardiac nerve [1] (nervus cardiacus cervicalis medius) Inferior cardiac nerve [1] (nervus cardiacus inferior)

  8. Parasympathetic nervous system - Wikipedia

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    The M2 muscarinic receptors are located in the heart, and act to bring the heart back to normal after the actions of the sympathetic nervous system: slowing down the heart rate, reducing contractile forces of the atrial cardiac muscle, and reducing conduction velocity of the sinoatrial node and atrioventricular node. They have a minimal effect ...

  9. Cardiopulmonary nerves - Wikipedia

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    They originate in cervical and upper thoracic ganglia [1] and innervate the thoracic cavity. [ 1 ] All major sympathetic cardiopulmonary nerves arise from the stellate ganglia and the caudal halves of the cervical sympathetic trunks below the level of the cricoid cartilage .