Definition of Plexuses

1. Noun. (plural of plexus) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plexuses

1. plexus [n] - See also: plexus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plexuses

plexus venosus areolaris
plexus venosus canalis hypoglossi
plexus venosus caroticus internus
plexus venosus foraminis ovalis
plexus venosus rectalis
plexus venosus sacralis
plexus venosus suboccipitalis
plexus venosus uterinus
plexus venosus vertebralis
plexus venosus vesicalis
plexus vertebralis
plexus vesicalis
plexus vesicalis inferior
plexuses (current term)
pleyt
pleyts
pliabilities
pliability
pliable
pliableness
pliablenesses
pliably
pliancies
pliancy
pliant
pliantly
pliantness
pliantnesses

Literary usage of Plexuses

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

1. The Anatomy of the Nervous System from the Standpoint of Development and by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"In the mammalian sympathetic ganglion these pericellular plexuses are harder to ... COMPOSITION OF SYMPATHETIC NERVES AND plexuses Some of the sympathetic ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"THE GREAT plexuses OF THE SYMPATHETIC. The great plexuses of the sympathetic are the large aggregations of nerves and ganglia, above alluded to, ..."

3. How to Work with the Microscope by Lionel Smith Beale (1880)
"More careful observation has, however, demonstrated that all nerves before they reach their finest ramifications form microscopic networks or plexuses, ..."

4. Morris's Human Anatomy: A Complete Systematic Treatise by English and by Henry Morris, James Playfair McMurrich (1907)
"These comprise both paired and unpaired plexuses. The paired plexuses are the phrenic, suprarenal and renal, the spermatic in the male, and, in the female, ..."

5. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"along the entire length of the column; these plexuses may be divided into ... The plexuses of the two groups anastomose freely with each other and end in ..."

6. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"It thins away to the foramen of Honro and at the sides, where it is connected with the choroid plexuses of the lateral ventricles. ..."

7. A Text-book of Physiology: Normal and Pathological. For Students and by Winfield Scott Hall (1905)
"Each ganglion contributes branches to the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal and pelvic viscera. 4. The Sacral Sympathetic Chain is composed of five ..."

8. The Anatomy of the Nervous System from the Standpoint of Development and by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"In the mammalian sympathetic ganglion these pericellular plexuses are harder to ... COMPOSITION OF SYMPATHETIC NERVES AND plexuses Some of the sympathetic ..."

9. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"THE GREAT plexuses OF THE SYMPATHETIC. The great plexuses of the sympathetic are the large aggregations of nerves and ganglia, above alluded to, ..."

10. How to Work with the Microscope by Lionel Smith Beale (1880)
"More careful observation has, however, demonstrated that all nerves before they reach their finest ramifications form microscopic networks or plexuses, ..."

11. Morris's Human Anatomy: A Complete Systematic Treatise by English and by Henry Morris, James Playfair McMurrich (1907)
"These comprise both paired and unpaired plexuses. The paired plexuses are the phrenic, suprarenal and renal, the spermatic in the male, and, in the female, ..."

12. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"along the entire length of the column; these plexuses may be divided into ... The plexuses of the two groups anastomose freely with each other and end in ..."

13. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"It thins away to the foramen of Honro and at the sides, where it is connected with the choroid plexuses of the lateral ventricles. ..."

14. A Text-book of Physiology: Normal and Pathological. For Students and by Winfield Scott Hall (1905)
"Each ganglion contributes branches to the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal and pelvic viscera. 4. The Sacral Sympathetic Chain is composed of five ..."

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