The renal plexus is a complex network of nerves formed by filaments from the celiac ganglia and plexus, aorticorenal ganglia, lower thoracic splanchnic nerves and first lumbar splanchnic nerve and aortic plexus.
The nerves from these sources, fifteen or twenty in number, have a few ganglia developed upon them.
It enters the kidneys on arterial branches to supply the vessels, renal glomerulus, and tubules with branches to the ureteric plexus. Some filaments are distributed to the spermatic plexus and, on the right side, to the inferior vena cava.
The ovarian plexus arises from the renal plexus, and is one of two sympathetic supplies distributed to the ovary and fundus of the uterus.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 987 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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- Anatomy photo:40:09-0200 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
References
Claudia R. Senesac; Mark Bishop (2010). Finley's Interactive Cadaveric Dissection Guide. Burlington, Massachusetts, USA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers. ISBN 9781449660475. Retrieved 27 August 2012. 9781449660475 ↩
Claudia R. Senesac; Mark Bishop (2010). Finley's Interactive Cadaveric Dissection Guide. Burlington, Massachusetts, USA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers. ISBN 9781449660475. Retrieved 27 August 2012. 9781449660475 ↩