- Cavernous plexus
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Latin = plexus cavernosus
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Caption = Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. (Cavernous plexus labeled at top.)
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The cavernous plexus is situated below and medial to that part of theinternal carotid artery which is placed by the side of thesella turcica in thecavernous sinus , and is formed chiefly by themedial division of theinternal carotid nerve .It communicates with the
oculomotor , thetrochlear , theophthalmic and theabducent nerves, and with theciliary ganglion , and distributes filaments to the wall of theinternal carotid artery .The branch of communication with the oculomotor nerve joins that nerve at its point of division; the branch to the trochlear nerve joins it as it lies on the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus; other filaments are connected with the under surface of the ophthalmic nerve; and a second filament joins the abducent nerve.
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