Pulmonary plexus

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The plexus pulmonalis (Latin for "pulmonary plexus ") is a network of nerve fibers on the roots of the lungs for the autonomic control of the organ. The pulmonary plexus receives sympathetic fibers from the second to fourth ganglion ( Rami pulmonary thoracici ) and parasympathetic fibers of the vagus nerve ( Rami tracheal and bronchales )

Depending on its position in relation to the main bronchus, a weaker anterior pulmonary plexus ( plexus pulmonalis ventralis ) and a stronger rear plexus pulmonalis posterior ( plexus pulmonalis dorsalis ) can be distinguished. Towards the middle there are connections to the cardiac plexus . The nerve fibers follow the bronchi and pulmonary arteries.

literature

  • H. von Hayek: The human lungs . 2nd Edition. Springer, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-662-11512-1 , pp. 330-331 .