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plexus any complex network of nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels plexus [′plek·səs] (anatomy) A network of interlacing nerves or anastomosing vessels. (geology) An area on a subglacial deposit that encloses a giant's kettle.
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| [5] The bony tube, the anterolateral cartilaginous lamina, and the tubal mucosa are innervated by the tubal branch of Jacobson's nerve and the tympanic plexus. The innervation of the parotid involves the preganglionic parasympathetic portion of the gland, beginning in the inferior salivatory nucleus and passing via the glossopharyngeal nerve, the tympanic plexus, and the lesser petrosal nerve to the oticganglion. |
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