Definition of Myenteric plexus

1. Noun. A plexus of unmyelinated fibers and postganglionic autonomic cell bodies in the muscular coat of the esophagus and stomach and intestines.

Exact synonyms: Plexus Myentericus
Generic synonyms: Nerve Plexus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Myenteric Plexus

myeloneuropathy
myelons
myelopathic
myelopathies
myelopathy
myeloperoxidase
myeloperoxidases
myeloplax
myeloplaxes
myelopoiesis
myelopoietic
myeloproliferative
myelosuppression
myelosuppressive
myenteric
myenteric plexus (current term)
myenteron
myg
mygale
mygales
myiases
myiasis
mylar
mylars
myletis
mylodon
mylodons
mylodont
mylodontid
mylodonts

Literary usage of Myenteric plexus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Textbook of Human Physiology: Including a Section on Physiologic Apparatus. by Albert Philson Brubaker (1922)
"This observation has been corroborated by Cannon who has shown that if the myenteric plexus is divided by incisions extending around the intestine, ..."

2. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Neuronal varicosities, isolated from the myenteric plexus of guinea pig ileum longitudinal muscle, were incubated with (3H)noradrenaline to label the ..."

3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"He found that the myenteric plexus is differently constructed in the ... The myenteric plexus of mammals, including man, consists entirely of vagus cells. ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The myenteric plexus from the rabbit, rabbit. vessels numerous branches are given off, which pierce the muscular coat, supplying it and forming an intricate ..."

5. The Mechanical Factors of Digestion by Walter Bradford Cannon (1911)
"In the new nomenclature this nerve net is called the " myenteric plexus." Since the local reflex, which acts, as we have seen, in the cardiac and pyloric ..."

6. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1920)
"At present there is no direct evidence to prove that marked alterations occur in the myenteric plexus as a result of, or coincident with, ..."

7. A Manual of Histology and of Histological Methods by J. M. Purser (1884)
"This, situated in the submucous coat, is less regularly formed than is the myenteric plexus. Its bundles of fibres are thinner, and their meshes are less ..."

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