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    The myenteric plexus (or Auerbach's plexus) provides motor innervation to both layers of the muscular layer of the gut, having both parasympathetic and...
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    collected into two types of ganglia: myenteric (Auerbach's) and submucosal (Meissner's) plexuses. Myenteric plexuses are located between the inner and outer...
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    The nerves of this plexus are derived from the myenteric plexus which itself is derived from the plexuses of parasympathetic nerves around the superior...
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    polarisation of the myenteric plexus. Because of the reliance of the peristaltic reflex on the myenteric plexus, it is also referred to as the myenteric reflex. The...
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    over the coccyx Autonomic plexuses Celiac plexus (solar plexus) - serves internal organs Auerbach's plexus (myenteric plexus) - serves the gastrointestinal...
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    this intricate structure are the myenteric plexus (Auerbach's) and the submucous plexus (Meissner's), two main plexuses formed by the grouping of nerve-cell...
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    is a congenital disorder of the colon in which nerve cells of the myenteric plexus in its walls, also known as ganglion cells, are absent. It is a rare...
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    (diarrhea, gastroparesis, and constipation) due to involvement of the myenteric plexus. Sleep disturbances such as insomnia, abnormal sleep movements, sleep...
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    gut. In between the two layers of muscle lies the myenteric plexus (also called Auerbach's plexus). The serosa/adventitia are the final layers. These...
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    longitudinal bundles in the outer layer. Between the two layers is the myenteric plexus, formed by nervous tissue and also a part of the enteric nervous system...
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