pancreatic plexus

{{Short description|A division of the celiac plexus in the abdomen}}

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| Name = Pancreatic plexus

| Latin = plexus pancreaticus

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| Innervates = Pancreas

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In human neuroanatomy, the pancreatic plexus is a division of the celiac plexus (coeliac plexus) in the abdomen. 10-20% of nerve fibers of the posterior hepatic plexus form the pancreatic plexus.{{cite journal |last1=Ren |first1=Ke |last2=Yi |first2=Shuang-Qin |last3=Dai |first3=Yidan |last4=Kurosawa |first4=Kazuhiro |last5=Miwa |first5=Yoko |last6=Sato |first6=Iwao |title=Clinical anatomy of the anterior and posterior hepatic plexuses, including relations with the pancreatic plexus: A cadaver study |journal=Clinical Anatomy |date=July 2020 |volume=33 |issue=5 |pages=630–636 |doi=10.1002/ca.23470 |pmid=31573097 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ca.23470|url-access=subscription }}