Superior rectal plexus

Superior rectal plexus
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Identifiers
Latinplexus rectalis superior
TA98A14.3.03.038
TA26710
FMA21536
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The superior rectal plexus (or superior hemorrhoidal plexus) supplies the rectum and joins in the pelvis with branches from the pelvic plexuses.

The superior rectal plexus is a division of the inferior mesenteric plexus.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 987 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)