Innervation
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Sympathetic trunk and ganglia
Greater splanchnic nerve (T5–9)
Gray ramus communicans
White ramus communicans
Lesser splanchnic nerve
Least splanchnic nerve
Upper lumbar splanchnic nerves
Gray ramus communicans
Testicular artery and plexus
Ductus deferens and plexus
Pelvic splanchnic nerves
Inferior extent of peritoneum
Pudendal nerve
Inferior hypogastric (pelvic) plexus
Vesical plexus
Prostatic plexus
(Greater and lesser) cavernous nerves of penis
Celiac ganglia
Superior mesenteric ganglion
Left aorticorenal ganglion
Renal ganglion
Intermesenteric
(aortic) plexus
Inferior mesenteric ganglion
Testicular artery and plexus
Superior hypogastric plexus
Hypogastric nerves
Ductus deferens
and plexus
Pelvic splanchnic
nerves
Sacral plexus
Pudendal nerve
Dorsal nerves of penis
Epididymis
Testis
T10
T11
T12
L1
L2
L3
L4
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
Afferent fibers
Parasympathetic
fibers
Preganglionic
Postganglionic
Preganglionic
Postganglionic
Sympathetic
fibers
