Auerbach's plexus

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Nerve: Auerbach's plexus
The myenteric plexus from the rabbit. X 50.
LAYERS:
serosa
longitudinal muscle
myenteric plexus
circular muscle
submucosal plexus
submucosal
mucosal
Latin plexus myentericus
Gray's subject #248 1177
MeSH Myenteric+Plexus
Dorlands/Elsevier p_24/12648143

Part of the enteric nervous system, Auerbach's plexus (or myenteric plexus) exists between the longitudinal and circular layers of muscularis externa in the gastrointestinal tract and provides motor innervation to both layers and secretomotor innervation to the mucosa.

It arises from cells in the Nucleus ala cinerea, the parasympathetic nucleus of origin for the tenth cranial nerve (Vagus), located in the medulla oblongata. The fibers are carried by both the anterior and posterior vagal nerves.

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The myenteric plexus is referred to as Auerbach's plexus for its first describer Leopold Auerbach.[1]

  1. ^ Who Named It?

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Digestive system, physiology: gastrointestinal physiology
Enteric nervous system Meissner's plexus - Auerbach's plexus
Exocrine Chief cells (Pepsinogen) - Parietal cells (Gastric acid, Intrinsic factor) - Goblet cells (Mucus)
Endocrine/paracrine G cells (gastrin), D cells (somatostatin) - ECL cells (Histamine) - enterogastrone: I cells (CCK), K cells (GIP), S cells (secretin)
Border Brunner's glands - Paneth cells - Enterocytes
Fluids Saliva - Bile - Intestinal juice - Gastric juice - Pancreatic juice
Processes Swallowing - Vomiting - Peristalsis (Interstitial cell of Cajal) - Migrating motor complex - Borborygmus - Gastrocolic reflex - Segmentation contractions - Defecation
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