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Descriptor English: Hypogastric Plexus
Descriptor Spanish: Plexo Hipogástrico
Descriptor plexo hipogástrico
Entry term(s) plexo pélvico
Scope note: Compleja red de fibras nerviosas en la región pélvica. El plexo hipogástrico distribuye fibras simpáticas desde los ganglios paravertebrales lumbares y el plexo aórtico, fibras parasimpáticas desde el nervio pélvico y fibras aferentes viscerales. El plexo pélvico se extiende lateralmente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Plexo Hipogástrico
Descriptor French: Plexus hypogastrique
Entry term(s): Pelvic Plexus
Plexus, Hypogastric
Plexus, Pelvic
Tree number(s): A08.800.050.050.400
A08.800.800.060.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007001
Scope note: A complex network of nerve fibers in the pelvic region. The hypogastric plexus distributes sympathetic fibers from the lumbar paravertebral ganglia and the aortic plexus, parasympathetic fibers from the pelvic nerve, and visceral afferents. The bilateral pelvic plexus is in its lateral extent.
Annotation: a network of autonomic nerve fibers in the pelvic region
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 7179
Unique ID: D007001
NLM Classification: WL 600
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1993/06/18
Hypogastric Plexus - Preferred
Concept UI M0010898
Scope note A complex network of nerve fibers in the pelvic region. The hypogastric plexus distributes sympathetic fibers from the lumbar paravertebral ganglia and the aortic plexus, parasympathetic fibers from the pelvic nerve, and visceral afferents. The bilateral pelvic plexus is in its lateral extent.
Preferred term Hypogastric Plexus
Entry term(s) Plexus, Hypogastric
Pelvic Plexus - Narrower
Concept UI M0010899
Preferred term Pelvic Plexus
Entry term(s) Plexus, Pelvic



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