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Nervous system
The organ system which, along with the endocrine system, correlates the adjustments and reactions of the organism to its internal and external enviroment.
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Esophageal plexus
Anatomy; Nervous system
The esophageal plexus is formed by fibres from two sources: branches of the vagus nerve and visceral branches of the sympathetic trunk. The esophageal plexus and the cardiac plexus contain the same ...
Geniculate ganglion
Anatomy; Nervous system
An L-shaped collection of fibres and sensory neurons of the facial nerve located in the facial canal of the head. It receives fibres from the motor, sensory, and parasympathetic components of the ...
Facial nerve
Anatomy; Nervous system
The facial nerve is the seventh (VII) of twelve paired cranial nerves. It emerges from the brainstem between the pons and the medulla, and controls the muscles of facial expression, and functions in ...
Ethmoidal nerves
Anatomy; Nervous system
The ethmoidal nerves, which arise from the nasociliary nerve, supply the ethmoidal cells; the posterior branch leaves the orbital cavity through the posterior ethmoidal foramen and gives some ...
External nasal nerve
Anatomy; Nervous system
The external nasal branches (or external nasal nerve) are terminal branches of the anterior ethmoidal nerves (from the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve, CN V), and provide sensory ...
External laryngeal nerve
Anatomy; Nervous system
The external laryngeal nerve is the smaller, external branch (ramus externus) of the superior laryngeal nerve. It descends on the larynx, beneath the sternothyroid muscle, to supply the cricothyroid ...
Gastric plexuses
Anatomy; Nervous system
The superior gastric plexus (gastric or coronary plexus) accompanies the left gastric artery along the lesser curvature of the stomach, and joins with branches from the left vagus.
