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enteric plexus
- Term ID
- UBERON:0000429
- Synonyms
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- intrinsic nerve plexus
- plexus entericus
- 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.
- References
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- BTO:0002437
- EMAPA:35446
- MA:0001147
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