Facial nerve
Glossopharyngeal nerve
Oculomotor nerve
Ciliary ganglion
Pterygopalatine ganglion
Internal carotid plexus
Otic ganglion
Superior cervical sympatheticchain ganglion
Sympathetic nerves
Pulmonary plexus
Cardiac plexus
Submandibular ganglion
Vagus nerve
Cervicothoracic ganglion
Sympathetic nerves
Fifth thoracic sympatheticchain ganglion
Esophagus and esophageal plexus
Heart
Greater splanchnic nerve
Spinal nerve
Aorta and thoracic aortic plexus
Stomach
White ramus communicans
Celiac ganglion and plexus
Gray ramus communicans
Lesser splanchnic nerve
Kidney
Second lumbar sympatheticchain ganglion
Superior mesenteric ganglionand plexus
Aorta and abdominal aortic plexus
Small intestine
Inferior mesenteric ganglionand plexus
Lumbar splanchnic nerves
Superior hypogastric plexus
Colon
Sacral splanchnic nerves
Pelvic splanchnic nerves
Sacral plexus
Inferior hypogastric plexus
Urinary bladder
Rectum
Prostate gland
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
FIGURE 16.5
Distribution of Autonomic Nerve Fibers
activity of structures of the skin such as sweat glands, thesmooth muscle in the blood vessels of the skin, and the smoothmuscle of the arrector pili. Axons from the plexuses also joinbranches of the trigeminal nerves (cranial nerve V) to regulate
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the activity of the skin of the face, the salivary glands, the iris,and the ciliary muscles of the eye.3.
Thoracic nerve plexuses
. The sympathetic innervation fororgans of the thorax is mainly derived from the cervical and