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Inferior hypogastric plexus

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Dorlands /Elsevier
  
p_24/12647962

FMA
  
6643

Inferior hypogastric plexus

Latin
  
plexus hypogastricus inferior

The inferior hypogastric plexus (pelvic plexus in some texts) is a plexus of nerves that supplies the viscera of the pelvic cavity.

The inferior hypogastric plexus is a paired structure, with each situated on the side of the rectum in the male, and at the sides of the rectum and vagina in the female.

Course

From these plexuses numerous branches are distributed to the viscera of the pelvis.

They accompany the branches of the internal iliac artery.

It is the source for the middle rectal plexus, vesical plexus, prostatic plexus, and uterovaginal plexus.

References

Inferior hypogastric plexus Wikipedia