NERVE PLEXUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nerve plexus mean? 

• NERVE PLEXUS (noun)
  The noun NERVE PLEXUS has 1 sense:

1. a network of intersecting nerves

  Familiarity information: NERVE PLEXUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NERVE PLEXUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A network of intersecting nerves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("nerve plexus" is a kind of...):

plexus; rete (a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nerve plexus"):

autonomic plexus; plexus autonomici (a plexus of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibers)

brachial plexus; plexus brachialis (a network of nerves formed by cervical and thoracic spinal nerves and supplying the arm and parts of the shoulder)

cardiac plexus; plexus cardiacus (a plexus of nerves supplying the heart and nearby structures)

carotid plexus; plexus caroticus (a plexus of nerves surrounding the internal carotid artery)

cervical plexus; plexus cervicalis (a nerve plexus lying beneath the sternocleidomastoid muscle)

coccygeal plexus; plexus coccygeus (a small plexus formed by the fifth sacral and coccygeal nerves)

hypogastric plexus; plexus hypogastricus (a plexus of nerves serving the pelvic viscera)

lumbar plexus; plexus lumbalis (a plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves)

lumbosacral plexus (a nerve plexus formed by the ventral divisions of the coccygeal and sacral and lumbar nerves; supplies the lower limbs and perineum and coccygeal area)

mesenteric plexus; plexus mesentericus (a plexus of autonomic nerves)

myenteric plexus; plexus myentericus (a plexus of unmyelinated fibers and postganglionic autonomic cell bodies in the muscular coat of the esophagus and stomach and intestines)

periarterial plexus; plexus periarterialis (an autonomic plexus that accompanies an artery)

plexus dentalis (a plexus of nerves serving the teeth)

plexus pulmonalis; pulmonary plexis (one of two autonomic nerve plexuses in each lung)

plexus sacralis; sacral plexus (a nerve plexus formed by the 4th and 5th lumbar and 1st, 2nd, 3rd sacral nerves; supplies the pelvic region and lower limbs)

abdominal nerve plexus; coeliac plexus; plexus celiacus; solar plexus (a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach)

 Context examples 

The spinal nerve plexuses and the spinal roots are also included.

(Murine Spinal Nerves, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Is a subdivision of the peripheral nervous system (organ system subdivision), which consists of subdivisions of two or more nerves, which are interconnected with one another to form an network through which nerve fibers of the constituent nerves of the plexus become regrouped; together with other nerve plexuses and nerves, it constitutes the peripheral nervous system.

(Nerve Plexus, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)

Is a macroscopic organ component of one or more nerves, which primarily consists of cell bodies of neurons located outside the central nervous system; together with nerve fibers, it constitutes a nerve or a nerve plexus.

(Ganglion, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)