Celiac plexus
COMPLEX NETWORK OF NERVES LOCATED IN THE UPPER ABDOMEN
Intramural nerve plexus; Solar plexus; Solar plexis; Celiac branches; Solar plexes; Solar plex; Solar plux; Splanchnic plexus; Coeliac plexus; Plexus coeliacus; Celiac plexuses; Solar plexuses
The celiac plexus, also known as the solar plexus because of its radiating nerve fibers, is a complex network of nerves located in the abdomen, near where the celiac trunk, superior mesenteric artery, and renal arteries branch from the abdominal aorta. It is behind the stomach and the omental bursa, and in front of the crura of the diaphragm, on the level of the first lumbar vertebra.