Cat Celiac & Cranial Mesenteric Nerve Plexuses

Left lateral view of the celiaco-mesenteric autonomic nerve plexus (asterisk) in the cat (dorsal is to toward the bottom of the image). The major splanchnic nerve (maj splan n.) can be seen leaving the sympathetic trunk and looping dorsally around the left crus of the diaphragm to join the plexus. The nerve contains preganglionic axons that synapse in the adrenal gland (AG), left celiac ganglion and cranial mesenteric ganglion (g). The celiac and cranial mesenteric arteries are labeled, as are the kidney, stomach and spleen.

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