plexus
noun
a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.
plexuses
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pluralof plexus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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The walls of the entire alimentary canal are embedded with nerve plexuses that interact with the central nervous system and other nerve plexuses—either within the same digestive organ or in different ones.
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The enteric plexus is actually part of the enteric nervous system, along with the gastric plexuses and the esophageal plexus.
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There are a few myenteric plexuses in which the nervous tissue in the wall of the digestive tract organs can directly influence digestive function.
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These enteric neurons are grouped into two plexuses.
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Injuries of the lower thoracic and upper lumbar vertebræ, therefore, may produce complete paralysis within the area of distribution of the lumbar and sacral plexuses.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
