Superior rectal plexus

The superior rectal plexus (or superior hemorrhoidal plexus) supplies the rectum and joins in the pelvis with branches from the pelvic plexuses.

Superior rectal plexus
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Latinplexus rectalis superior
TAA14.3.03.038
FMA21536
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The superior rectal plexus is a division of the inferior mesenteric plexus.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 987 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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