plexus
Anatomical vessel network
A plexus is a network of interwoven parts, especially nerves or blood vessels in the body.
The solar plexus is a nerve cluster behind the stomach—a punch there knocks the wind out of you.
The word extends to any complex interconnected system: a plexus of political alliances.
Peripheral nerve cell cluster
- innervationNerve supply to tissue
- neuralgiaSharp pain from irritated nerves
- neuropathyDamage to peripheral nerves
- autonomicSelf-regulating without awareness
somatic · sensory · motor · sympathetic · parasympathetic · afferent · efferent · reflex
Of the star
- brachialOf the arm
- cervicalOf the neck
- lumbosacralLower back anatomy term
- cardiacPertaining to the heart
choroid · celiac · enteric · sacral · lumbar · thoracic · pulmonary · pharyngeal
Mutual joining of parts
- nexusConnecting central point
- meshInterlocking open weave
- webInterwoven filament structure
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
grid · matrix · interlacing · interweaving · convergence · branching · ramification · anastomosis
Weave elements together
- braidInterwoven strand pattern
- intertwiningTwisting together mutually
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- wovenInterlaced on loom
textile · netting · basketry · macramé · knotwork · crisscross · intermingling · meshing
ganglion
Peripheral nerve cell cluster
- innervationNerve supply to tissue
- neuralgiaSharp pain from irritated nerves
- neuropathyDamage to peripheral nerves
autonomic · somatic · sensory · motor · sympathetic · parasympathetic · afferent · efferent · reflex · spinal
solar
Of the star
- brachialOf the arm
- cervicalOf the neck
- lumbosacralLower back anatomy term
cardiac · choroid · celiac · enteric · sacral · lumbar · thoracic · pulmonary · pharyngeal · esophageal
interconnection
Mutual joining of parts
lattice · grid · matrix · interlacing · interweaving · convergence · branching · ramification · anastomosis · junction
interlace
Weave elements together
- braidInterwoven strand pattern
- intertwiningTwisting together mutually
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
woven · textile · netting · basketry · macramé · knotwork · crisscross · intermingling · meshing · lattice
- body partsarm, leg, hand, back, chest
- nervous systembrain, neurons, nerves, spinal cord, axon
- neuroscienceneuron, MRI, brain, neurons, synapses
- nerve structuresganglion, dorsal root ganglion, dorsal root ganglia
- Centerscenter, core, hub, nucleus, middle
- neuroanatomybrain, cerebellum, cerebral cortex, thalamus, hypothalamus
plexusfilament
Very thin thread
fiber · thread · monofilament · axon · single cell
plexusstraight line
Undeviated continuous path
terminus · endpoint · dead end · direct route · trunk
- solar plexusAbdominal nerve network
- choroid plexusCSF-secreting brain structure
complex, complexity, complexion, perplex, choroid plexus, duplex, perplexity, multiplex, complexly