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nouna network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
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- abdominal nerve plexus a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach
- plexus myentericus a plexus of unmyelinated fibers and postganglionic autonomic cell bodies in the muscular coat of the esophagus and stomach and intestines
- plexus caroticus a plexus of nerves surrounding the internal carotid artery
- vertebral vein a vein that goes through the foramina of the cervical vertebrae and forms a plexus around the vertebral artery; empties into the brachiocephalic vein
- mesenteric plexus a plexus of autonomic nerves
- vena vesicalis veins that drain the vesical plexus and join the internal iliac veins
- deep temporal vein temporal veins that empty into the pterygoid plexus
- erb-duchenne paralysis paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth)
- vena basivertebralis one of a number of veins draining the spongy substance of the vertebrae and emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus
- psammoma a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles