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splanchnic nerve
One of the nerves supplying the viscera.
There are 3 groups of splanchnic nerves:
1) cardiopulmonary (postsynaptic, sympathetic)
2) abdominopelvic (presynaptic, sympathetic)
3) pelvic (presynaptic, parasympathetic)
Specific
abdominopelvic splanchnic nerve
cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerve
pelvic splanchnic nerve (nervi erigentes)
thoracic splanchnic nerve
General
peripheral nerve
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999