Esophageal plexus

The oesophageal plexus is a parasympathetic nerve plexus that covers the esophagus (Latin for "esophagus") in the area between its entry into the chest and its passage through the diaphragm ( hiatus oesophageus ). It arises from a mixture of the adjacent left and right vagus nerves to form the vagus trunk, which, together with the vagus nerve, gives off numerous fibers to the esophagus, so that one speaks of the esophageal plexus. Then it passes into the gastric plexus ; it is also connected to the cardiac plexus .

The ganglia of the chest (thoracic ganglia) II to IV send nerve fibers oesophageus radiate into the plexus.

literature

• Michael Schünke , Erik Schulte , Udo Schumacher : Prometheus. Anatomy Learning Atlas. Internal organs . 2nd revised and expanded edition. Georg Thieme, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-13-139532-0 , p. 167 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Gerhard Aumüller et al. : Dual series: anatomy . 3. Edition. Georg Thieme, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-13-152863-6 , p. 689 ( limited preview in Google Book search).