Nervous system

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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Nervous system

The celiac ganglia or coeliac ganglia are two large irregularly shaped masses of nerve tissue in the upper abdomen. Part of the sympathetic subdivision of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), the two ...

Buccal branch of the facial nerve

Anatomy; Nervous system

The Buccal Branches of the facial nerve (infraorbital branches), of larger size than the rest of the branches, pass horizontally forward to be distributed below the orbit and around the mouth.

Cervical branch of the facial nerve

Anatomy; Nervous system

The cervical branch of the facial nerve runs forward beneath the Platysma, and forms a series of arches across the side of the neck over the suprahyoid region.

Cardiac plexus

Anatomy; Nervous system

The cardiac plexus is a plexus of nerves situated at the base of the heart that innervates the heart.

Auerbach's plexus

Anatomy; Nervous system

A part of the enteric nervous system, Auerbach's plexus (or myenteric plexus), exists between the longitudinal and circular layers of muscularis externa in the gastrointestinal tract and provides ...

Anterior superior alveolar nerve

Anatomy; Nervous system

The anterior superior alveolar branch (anterior superior dental branch), of considerable size, is given off from the maxillary nerve just before its exit from the infraorbital foramen; it descends in ...

Axillary nerve

Anatomy; Nervous system

The axillary nerve or the circumflex nerve is a nerve of the human body, that comes off the of the brachial plexus (middle trunk, posterior division, posterior cord) at the level of the axilla ...