| Term Name: | enteric plexus |
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| Synonyms: | intrinsic nerve plexus, plexus entericus |
| Definition: | A plexus of autonomic nerve fibers within the wall of the digestive tube, and made up of the submucosal, myenteric, and subserosal plexuses; it contains visceral afferent fibers, sympathetic postganglionic fibers, parasympathetic preganglionic and postganglionic fibers, and parasympathetic postganglionic cell bodies. |
| Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0000429] |