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Plexus

plexus

A network or tangle, a general term for a network of lymphatic vessels, nerves or veins.


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controling Nerve of the Brain? Which One

... I brought this question up because I seen a movie but I know it's just a movie. The guy was some how able to manuelly or voluntary use his celiac plexus at free will. Which is the largest of the autonomic plexuses, lying in front of the aorta at the level of the origin of the celiac artery and ...

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by CXCR4
Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:06 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: controling Nerve of the Brain? Which One
Replies: 7
Views: 2438

Tracts, Fasciculi, plexuses

- fasciculus refers to bundle - plexus refers to network or interconnecting structures

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by Dr.Stein
Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:28 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Tracts, Fasciculi, plexuses
Replies: 1
Views: 505

Do snakes have tails???

More evolved snakes, although dont't have vestigial legs, have protuberances at the spie level that show legs were present and innervated (brahial plexus and lumbar plexus).

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by iri_black
Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:32 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Do snakes have tails???
Replies: 22
Views: 9820

Hole in one??no..it's hole in heart..

... so the oxygene from the air can diffuse into the skin and reach capilalry beds, just like oxygene diffuse into moist alveoli and come inside plexus and capillaries within vertebrates' lung.

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by Dr.Stein
Sun Jul 17, 2005 2:57 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Hole in one??no..it's hole in heart..
Replies: 5
Views: 1968


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