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enteric plexus

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A plexus of autonomic nerve fibers within the wall of the digestive tube, and made up of the submucosal, myenteric, and subserosal plexuses; it contains visceral afferent fibers, sympathetic postganglionic fibers, parasympathetic preganglionic and postganglionic fibers, and parasympathetic postganglionic cell bodies. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0002437 ]

Term info

Label

enteric plexus

Synonyms
  • enteric nerve plexus
  • intrinsic nerve plexus
  • plexus entericus
  • plexus nervosus entericus
  • sympathetic enteric nerve plexus
database cross reference
latin term
plexus nervosus entericus [ FMA : 77597 FMA : TA ]

has alternative id

UBERON:0012372

id

UBERON:0000429