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  2. Nerve plexus - Wikipedia

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    There are five spinal nerve plexuses, except in the thoracic region, as well as other forms of autonomic plexuses, many of which are a part of the enteric nervous system. The nerves that arise from the plexuses have both sensory and motor functions.

  3. Plexus - Wikipedia

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    The standard plural form in English is plexuses. [1] [2] [3] Alternatively, the Latin plural plexūs may be used. Types. Nerve plexuses.

  4. List of nerves of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The great plexuses of the sympathetic system; Alphabetical list. Abdominal aortic plexus; Abducens nerve; Accessory nerve; Accessory obturator nerve; Alderman's nerve;

  5. Spinal nerve - Wikipedia

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    In the human body there are 31 pairs of spinal nerves, one on each side of the vertebral column. [1] [2] ... The spinal plexuses are the cervical plexus, ...

  6. Enteric nervous system - Wikipedia

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    Layers of the Alimentary Canal.The wall of the alimentary canal has four basic tissue layers: the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and serosa. The enteric nervous system in humans consists of some 500 million neurons [11] (including the various types of Dogiel cells), [1] [12] 0.5% of the number of neurons in the brain, five times as many as the one hundred million neurons in the human spinal ...

  7. Brachial plexus - Wikipedia

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    The brachial plexus is a network of nerves (nerve plexus) formed by the anterior rami of the lower four cervical nerves and first thoracic nerve (C5, C6, C7, C8, and T1).This plexus extends from the spinal cord, through the cervicoaxillary canal in the neck, over the first rib, and into the armpit, it supplies afferent and efferent nerve fibers to the chest, shoulder, arm, forearm, and hand.

  8. How many genders are there? Experts break it down - AOL

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    She adds one quick note: “Do not say ‘a trans’ or ‘a transgender.’ Say instead, ‘a trans person,’ ‘a transgender person,’ ‘a trans man,’ or ‘a trans woman.’” 4.

  9. Peripheral nervous system - Wikipedia

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    There is a lesser known division of the autonomic nervous system known as the enteric nervous system. [9] Located only around the digestive tract, this system allows for local control without input from the sympathetic or the parasympathetic branches, though it can still receive and respond to signals from the rest of the body. [ 9 ]