Hypogastric nerve

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Nerve: Hypogastric nerve
Abdominal portion of the sympathetic trunk, with the celiac and hypogastric plexuses. (Hypogastric nerve visible but not labeled.)
Latin	nervus hypogastricus
Dorlands / Elsevier	n_05/12565869

The hypogastric nerve is a term for the transition between the superior hypogastric plexus and the inferior hypogastric plexus.

[edit] Structure

The hypogastric nerve begins where the superior hypogastric plexus splits into a right and left plexus. Each of these divisions is considered a hypogastric nerve. The hypogastric nerve continues inferiorly on its respective side of the body, where it descends into the pelvis to form the inferior hypogastric plexus.

[edit] See also

• Superior hypogastric plexus
• Inferior hypogastric plexus

[edit] External links

• SUNY Labs 40:09-0203 - "Posterior Abdominal Wall: The Abdominal Aorta and Paraaortic Nerve Plexus"
• Hypogastric+nerve at eMedicine Dictionary
• Anatomy at UMich pelvic_autonomic_module/pelvic_page05
• http://www.downstate.edu/ginzler-painmanagement/ginzler-painmanagement.htm

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