enteric plexus
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. [ BTO:0002437 ]
Synonyms: plexus entericus, enteric nerve plexus, plexus nervosus entericus, sympathetic enteric nerve plexus, intrinsic nerve plexus
Term info
- EMAPA:35446
- FMA:77597
- MA:0001147
- BTO:0002437
UBERON:0012372
uberon
UBERON:0000429
enteric plexus, Enteric plexus