HyperDic: plexus_celiacus

English > 1 sense of the expression plexus celiacus:
NOUNbodyplexus celiacus, solar plexus, coeliac plexus, abdominal nerve plexusa large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach
English > plexus celiacus: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach.
Synonymssolar plexus, coeliac plexus, abdominal nerve plexus
Part ofsympathetic nervous systemoriginates in the thoracic regions of the spinal cord
Broadernerve plexusA network of intersecting nerves
Spanishplexo solar
Catalanplexe solar

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