Inferior mesenteric ganglion

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Nerve: Inferior mesenteric ganglion
The celiac ganglia with the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal viscera radiating from the ganglia.
Abdominal portion of the sympathetic trunk, with the celiac plexus and hypogastric plexus.
Latin	ganglion mesentericum inferius
To	inferior mesenteric plexus
Dorlands / Elsevier	g_02/12384685

The inferior mesenteric ganglion is a ganglion located near where the inferior mesenteric artery branches from the abdominal aorta.

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Sympathetic (red) and parasympathetic (blue) nervous system

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• Anatomy at UMich intro_autonomics_2_module/autonomics_04
• Physiology at MCG 6/6ch2/s6ch2_30

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