See Also: gray rami communicantes(medicine)
white rami communicantes(medicine)
rami communicantes nervorum spinalium(medicine)
rami communicantes ganglii submandibularis cum nervo linguali(medicine)
rami communicantes nervi lingualis cum nervo hypoglosso(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
rami mammarii laterales rami cutanei lateralis nervorum thoracicorum(medicine)
rami mammarii mediales rami perforantis arteriae thoracicae internae(medicine)
rami mammarii mediales rami cutanei anterioris nervorum intercostalium(medicine)
rami mammarii laterales rami cutanei lateralis nervorum intercostalium(medicine)

gray rami communicantes (medicine)


gray rami communicantes
Short nerves arising from the lateral aspect of the sympathetic trunk conducting nonmyelinated postsynaptic sympathetic nerve fibres from the sympathetic trunk to the initial portions of all 31 pairs of ventral primary rami of spinal nerves for distribution by all parts (including the dorsal primary ramus) of the spinal nerve. The gray rami are the parietal branches of the sympathetic trunks since all postsynaptic fibres to be distributed to the body wall (including limbs) must pass through them.

Synonym: communicating branches of sympathetic trunk, communicating rami of sympathetic trunk.