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pulmonary plexus
Origin:
1) cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerves
2) sympathetic trunk
3) bronchial branches of the vagus nerve
Branches:
- fibers accompanying bronchi & arteries into the lung
Notes:
- one of 2 autonomic plexuses (anterior & posterior) at the hilus of each lung.
Related
cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerve
sympathetic trunk (ganglionic chain)
vagus nerve (CN X)
General
plexus
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
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