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Definition of Plexus pulmonalis
1. Noun. One of two autonomic nerve plexuses in each lung.
Medical Definition of Plexus pulmonalis
1. One of two autonomic plexus's, anterior and posterior, at the hilus of each lung, formed by cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerves of the sympathetic trunk and bronchial branches of the vagus nerve; from them various branches accompany the bronchi and arteries into the lung. Synonym: plexus pulmonalis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plexus Pulmonalis
Literary usage of Plexus pulmonalis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Laboratory Manual of Human Anatomy by Lewellys Franklin Barker, Dean De Witt Lewis, Daniel Graisberry Revell (1904)
"Isolate them in the following order : (a) Anterior pulmonary plexus (plexus
pulmonalis anterior). (b) Posterior pulmonary plexus (plexus pulmonalis ..."
2. Manual of Human Histology by Albert Kölliker, George Busk (1854)
"The nerves of the lungs are derived from the vagus and sympathetic, form the more
scanty plexus pulmonalis anterior, and the richer plex. p. posterior, ..."
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