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enteric plexus

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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

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UBERON:0012372

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UBERON:0000429

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enteric plexus, Enteric plexus