PLEXUS

(Lat.), n. m. Ple2x'u (u4s). Gen., plex'us. From plectere, to twist. Fr., p. Ger., Geflecht. Lit., a braiding or twining. A complex or intricate collection of ve els or nerves. [C.] Abdominal aortic p. Lat., p. aortic us abdominal is. Fr., p. aortique abdominal. Ger., Bauchaortengeflecht. A sympathetic p. situated along the abdominal aorta. [L, 332.] Aeu erer welMer Nervenp' (Ger.). Of Krause, a p. of nerve-fibres in the second layer of the cortex cerehri. [I, 7 (K).] Anterior coronary p. Lat., p. coronarius anterior. Ger., vorderes Kranzgeflecht des Herzens. A p. formed of fibres from the deep and superficial cardiac p'es, situated between the aorta and pulmonary artery, and distributed ooncomitantly with the anterior coronary artery. [L, 142, 332.] Anterior gastric p. Lat., p. gnstricus anterior. Ger., vorderes MagengeflecM. The portion of the gastric p. lying upon the anterior surface of the stomach, iriflde up of branches of the pneumosrastric nerve and connected with the rpsophageal p. [L, 332.] Anterior pulmonary p. Lat., p. pul monal is anterior. Ger., E, he; E2, ell; G. go; I, die; I2, in: N. in; N2, tank; [s. 288]