Renal plexus

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The renal plexus (from Latin plexus for “plexus” and ren for “kidneys”) is a plexus of nerves that covers the renal artery in its proximal sections (i.e. at the sections that are closer to its origin from the aorta ). It thus arises from the aorticus abdominalis plexus , but nerve fibers of the celiac plexus and the vagus nerve also reach the renal plexus. It contains postganglionic (after a ganglion preferred) sympathetic fibers of the Ganglia aorticorenalia and the celiac ganglia and preganglionic fibers from the splanchnic nerve imus and the lumbar splanchnic nerves , which are switched in the nerve plexus in small ganglia on postganglionic fibers. The ganglia renalia - microscopic ganglia - are located in the plexus itself .

The renal plexus serves to supply the kidneys and the first sections of the ureters through the ureteric plexus with sympathetic and parasympathetic fibers, the role of the latter being still unclear. In addition, the renal plexus also forms part of the fibers of the testicular plexus or the ovarian plexus .

literature

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