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Nerve: Pulmonary plexus
Latin	plexus pulmonalis
Gray's	subject #205 913

The pulmonary plexus is an autonomic plexus formed from pulmonary branches of vagus nerve and the sympathetic trunk.

It supplies the Bronchial tree and the visceral pleura.

External links

Pulmonary+plexus at eMedicine Dictionary

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

Nerves – autonomic nervous system (sympathetic nervous system/ganglion/trunks and parasympathetic nervous system/ganglion) (TA A14.3, GA 9.968)

Head/
cranial

Sympathetic	Ciliary ganglion: roots (Sensory, Sympathetic) · Short ciliary

Parasympathetic	Ciliary ganglion: roots (Sensory, Parasympathetic) · Short ciliary Pterygopalatine ganglion: deep petrosal · nerve of pterygoid canal branches of distribution: greater palatine (inferior posterior nasal bdddeeranches) · lesser palatine · nasopalatine (medial superior posterior nasal branches) · pharyngeal Submandibular ganglion Otic ganglion

Neck/
cervical

Sympathetic

paravertebral ganglia: Cervical ganglia (Superior, Middle, Inferior) · Stellate ganglion
prevertebral plexus: Cavernous plexus · Internal carotid

Chest/
thorax

Sympathetic

paravertebral ganglia: Thoracic ganglia

prevertebral plexus: Cardiac plexus · Esophageal plexus · Pulmonary plexus · Thoracic aortic plexus

splanchnic nerves: cardiopulmonary · thoracic

cardiac nerves: Superior · Middle · Inferior

Abdomen/
Lumbar

Pelvis/
sacral

Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia: Sacral ganglia · Ganglion impar splanchnic nerves: Sacral splanchnic nerves

Parasympathetic	splanchnic nerves: Pelvic splanchnic nerves

M: PNS

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noco/auto/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1B)

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