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Definition of Cardiac plexus
1. Noun. A plexus of nerves supplying the heart and nearby structures.
Definition of Cardiac plexus
1. Noun. A plexus of nerves situated at the base of the heart that innervate the heart. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Cardiac plexus
1. A wide-meshed network of anastomosing cardiopulmonary and splanchnic nerves arising from the afferent and autonomic nerve fibres (sympathetic) and vagus (parasympathetic) nerves, surrounding the arch of the aorta, the pulmonary artery, and continuing to the atria, ventricles, and coronary vessels. Synonym: plexus cardiacus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardiac Plexus
Literary usage of Cardiac plexus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The great or deep cardiac plexus (plexus magnus profund us, ... The branches from
the left side of the deep cardiac plexus distribute a few filaments to the ..."
2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, William Sharpey, John Cleland, Allen Thomson (1867)
"cardiac plexus. This plexus receives the cardiac branches of the cervical ganglia
... SUPERFICIAL cardiac plexus. The superficial cardiac plexus lies in the ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"It passes down behind the subclavian artery and along the front of the trachea,
to join the deep cardiac plexus. It communicates freely behind the ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The superficial part of the cardiac plexus lies beneath the arch of the aorta,
in front of the right pulmonary artery. It is formed by the superior cardiac ..."
5. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1902)
"Occasionally it ends in the deep cardiac plexus instead of taking its usual course.
The middle cervical ganglia, lying near tin- inferior thyroid arteries, ..."
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