Auerbach plexus


my·en·ter·ic (nerve) plex·us

[TA] a plexus of unmyelinated fibers and postganglionic autonomic cell bodies lying in the muscular coat of the esophagus, stomach, and intestines; it communicates with the subserous and submucous plexuses, all subdivisions of the enteric plexus. Synonym(s): plexus (nervosus) myentericus [TA], Auerbach plexus

Auerbach plexus

(ow'er-boks?) [Leopold Auerbach, Ger. anatomist, 1828–1897] Myenteric plexus.

Auerbach,

Leopold, German anatomist, 1828-1897. Auerbach ganglia - collections of parasympathetic nerve cells in the myenteric plexus.Auerbach plexus - a plexus of unmyelinated fibers and postganglionic autonomic cell bodies lying in the muscular coat of the esophagus, stomach, and intestines. Synonym(s): myenteric plexus