Ovarian plexus

Ovarian plexus
Nerve: Ovarian plexus
Latin plexus ovaricus
Gray's subject #220 987
From renal plexus

In the female, the ovarian plexus arises from the renal plexus, and is distributed to the ovary, and fundus of the uterus.

It is carried in the suspensory ligament of the ovary.[1]

References

  1. ^ suspensory+ligament+of+ovary at eMedicine Dictionary

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