Preferred Label : enteric plexus;
Uberon definition : A plexus of autonomic nerve fibers within the wall of the digestive tube, and made
up of the submucosal, myenteric, and subserosal plexuses; it contains visceral afferent
fibers, sympathetic postganglionic fibers, parasympathetic preganglionic and postganglionic
fibers, and parasympathetic postganglionic cell bodies.;
Uberon synonym : plexus entericus; enteric nerve plexus; intrinsic nerve plexus; sympathetic enteric nerve plexus;
Origin ID : 0000429;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
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A plexus of autonomic nerve fibers within the wall of the digestive tube, and made
up of the submucosal, myenteric, and subserosal plexuses; it contains visceral afferent
fibers, sympathetic postganglionic fibers, parasympathetic preganglionic and postganglionic
fibers, and parasympathetic postganglionic cell bodies.
