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nouna network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
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- coeliac plexus a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach
- erb's palsy paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth)
- uterine vein one of two veins on each side that arise from the uterine plexus and empty into the internal iliac vein
- autonomic plexus a plexus of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibers
- plexus sacralis a nerve plexus formed by the 4th and 5th lumbar and 1st, 2nd, 3rd sacral nerves; supplies the pelvic region and lower limbs
- plexus choroideus a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure
- nervus ischiadicus arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves
- pharyngeal vein veins from the pharyngeal plexus that empty into the internal jugular vein
- lumbar plexus a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels
- vena maxillaris posterior continuation of the pterygoid plexus; joins the superficial temporal vein to form the retromandibular vein