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plexus oesophageus (medicine)


plexus oesophageus -->
oesophageal plexus


One of two nervous plexus's, posterior and anterior on the walls of the oesophagus; the first is formed by branches from the right vagus and left recurrent, the second by the anastomosing trunks of the vagus after leaving the pulmonary plexus's; branches supply the mucous and muscular coats of the oesophagus.

Synonym: plexus oesophageus, plexus gulae.