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nouna network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
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- pit of the stomach a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)
- lumbar vein veins that drain the posterior body wall and the lumbar vertebral venous plexuses
- vena pharyngeus veins from the pharyngeal plexus that empty into the internal jugular vein
- choroidal artery an artery that supplies the choroid plexus
- sacral plexus a nerve plexus formed by the 4th and 5th lumbar and 1st, 2nd, 3rd sacral nerves; supplies the pelvic region and lower limbs
- sciatic nerve arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves
- aortic plexus a plexus of lymph nodes in the lower portion of the abdominal aorta
- plexus periarterialis an autonomic plexus that accompanies an artery
- plexus celiacus a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach
- vesical vein veins that drain the vesical plexus and join the internal iliac veins