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Superior hypogastric plexus
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The superior hypogastric plexus (in older texts, hypogastric plexus or presacral nerve) is a plexus of nerves situated on the vertebral bodies anterior to the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta. It bifurcates to form the left and the right hypogastric nerve.[1] The SHP is the continuation of the abdominal aortic plexus.[2]
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Superior hypogastric plexus | |
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![]() The right sympathetic chain and its connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses. (Hypogastric plexus is labeled on right, fourth from the bottom.) | |
![]() Lower half of right sympathetic cord. | |
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Innervates | Pelvis |
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Latin | plexus hypogastricus superior, nervus presacralis |
MeSH | D007001 |
TA98 | A14.3.03.046 |
TA2 | 6711 |
FMA | 6642 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
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