Innervation
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AutonomicInnervationofLargeIntestine
Anterior vagal trunk and hepatic branch
Posterior vagal trunk
Right greater
splanchnic nerve
Celiac ganglia and plexus
Right aortico-
renal ganglion
Superior
mesenteric
ganglion
Middle colic
artery
and plexus
Right colic
artery
and plexus
Ileocolic
artery
and plexus
Cecal and
appendicular
arteries
and plexuses
Sacral sympathetic trunk
Right sacral plexus
Middle rectal artery and plexus
Right inferior hypogastric
(pelvic) plexus
Vesical plexus
Rectal plexus
Urinary bladder
Marginal artery and plexus
Esophagus
Left greater
splanchnic nerve
Left suprarenal
plexus
Left lesser and
least splanchnic
nerves
Left aorticorenal
ganglion
Left renal artery
and plexus
1st left lumbar
splanchnic nerve
Left lumbar
sympathetic trunk
Intermesenteric
(aortic) plexus
Left colic artery
and plexus
Inferior
mesenteric
ganglion, artery,
and plexus
Sigmoid
arteries
and plexuses
Superior
hypogastric
plexus
Superior
rectal
artery
and plexus
Right and left
hypogastric
nerves
Pelvic splanchnic nerves
Nerves from inferior hypogastric (pelvic)
plexuses to sigmoid colon, descending
colon, and left colic (splenic) flexure
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