Author: Glossary
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Plication of the stomach
A surgical procedure for obesity supplanted by partial gastric bypass.
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Semilunar plica of the colon
The transverse fold of mucosa of the large intestine lying between sacculations.
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Lacrimal plica
A mucosal fold at the lower orifice of the nasolacrimal duct.
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Circular plica
One of the transverse folds of the mucosa and submucosa of the small intestine. Collectively they resemble accordion pleats, do not disappear with distention of the intestine, and increase the surface area for absorption.
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Submucous plexor
A ganglionated neural network of the enteric nervous system. It is a collection of small connected neural ganglia found in the gut wall from the stomach to the internal anal sphincter.
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Sacral plexor
A nerve plexus formed by the ventral branches of the fourth and fifth lumbar nerves and the first four sacral nerves, from which the sciatic nerve originates.
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Prostatic plexor
The veins around the base and neck of the bladder and prostate gland.
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Prevertebral plexor
One of three plexuses of autonomic nerve division that lie in body cavities. These are the cardiac, celiac, and hypogastric (pelvic) plexuses.
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Pampiniform plexor
In the male, a complicated network of veins lying in the spermatic cord and draining the testis. In the female, a network of veins lying in the mesovarium and draining the ovary.
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Lumbosacral plexor
The lumbar plexus and sacral plexus, considered as one.