KidneysandSuprarenalGlands
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AutonomicNervesofKidneys,Ureters,andUrinaryBladder
Anterior vagal trunk
Posterior vagal trunk
Greater splanchnic nerve
Celiac ganglia and plexus
Lesser splanchnic nerve
Superior mesenteric ganglion
Least splanchnic nerve
Aorticorenal ganglion
Renal plexus and ganglion
2nd lumbar splanchnic nerve
Renal and upper ureteric branches
from intermesenteric plexus
Intermesenteric (aortic) plexus
Inferior mesenteric ganglion
Sympathetic trunk and ganglion
Middle ureteric branch
Superior hypogastric plexus
Sacral splanchnic nerves
(branches from upper sacral
sympathetic ganglia to
hypogastric plexus)
Gray ramus communicans
Hypogastric nerves
Lumbosacral plexus
Lumbosacral trunk
Pelvic splanchnic nerves
Inferior hypogastric (pelvic) plexus
with peri-ureteric loops and
branches to lower ureter
Rectal plexus
Vesical plexus
Prostatic plexus
