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nouna network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
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Definition that contains plexus
- choroid plexus a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure
- abdominal nerve plexus a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach
- aortic plexus a plexus of lymph nodes in the lower portion of the abdominal aorta
- arteria choroidea an artery that supplies the choroid plexus
- autonomic plexus a plexus of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibers
- basivertebral vein one of a number of veins draining the spongy substance of the vertebrae and emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus
- cardiac plexus a plexus of nerves supplying the heart and nearby structures
- carotid plexus a plexus of nerves surrounding the internal carotid artery
- cervical plexus a nerve plexus lying beneath the sternocleidomastoid muscle
- choroidal artery an artery that supplies the choroid plexus