Splanchnic Nerves Flashcards
A. CARDIOPULMONARY: System
Cervical & upper thoracic
Sympathetic
A. CARDIOPULMONARY: Autonomic Fiber Type
Cervical & upper thoracic
Postsynaptic
A. CARDIOPULMONARY: Origin
Cervical & upper thoracic
Cervical and superior thoracic sympathetic trunk
A. CARDIOPULMONARY: Destination
Cervical & upper thoracic
Thoracic cavity
Viscera superior to diaphragm
B. ABDOMINOPELVIC: Fiber Type & System
Presynaptic and Sympathetic
B. ABDOMINOPELVIC: Origin
Lower thoracic and abdominopelvic sympathetic trunk
B. ABDOMINOPELVIC: Destination
Abdominopelvic cavity (Prevertebral ganglia serving viscera below level of diaphragm)
B. ABDOMINOPELVIC
1. Lower Thoracic
Fiber Type: Presynaptic
System: Sympathetic
Origin: Thoracic sympathetic trunk
Destination: abdominal prevertebral ganglion
B. ABDOMINOPELVIC
1. Lower Thoracic
A. Greater
Fiber type: Presynaptic
System: Sympathetic
Origin: T5-T9 (T10) level
Destination: celiac ganglia
B. ABDOMINOPELVIC
1. Lower Thoracic
B. Lesser
Type: Presynaptic
System: Sympathetic
Origin: T10-T11 level
Destination: Aorticorenal
B. ABDOMINOPELVIC
1. Lower Thoracic
C. Least
Fiber type: Presynaptic
System: Sympathetic
Origin: T12
Destination: other abdominal prevertebrate ganglia
B. ABDOMINOPELVIC
2. Lumbar
Fiber type: Presynaptic
System: Sympathetic
Origin: abdominal sympathetic trunk
Destination: superior and inferior messenteric ganglia and intermesenteric hypogastric plexuses
B. ABDOMINOPELVIC
3. Sacral
Fiber type: presynaptic
System: sympathetic
Origin: pelvic (sacral) sympathetic trunk
Destination: pelvic prevertebral ganglion
C. PELVIC: Fiber Type
Presynaptic
C. PELVIC: System
Parasympathetic