Neuroanatomy of the female abdominopelvic region: A review with application to pelvic pain syndromes

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-76

  Shoja, Mohammadali M ^a,b   Sharma, Amit ^c   Mirzayan, Nadine ^c   Groat, Chris ^c   Watanabe, Koichi ^a   Loukas, Marios ^c   Shane Tubbs, R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

abdomen; anatomy; autonomics; female; nerves; pelvis; plexus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAVERNOUS PLEXUS; CELIAC PLEXUS; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CRANIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; INFERIOR HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; INFERIOR MESENTERIC PLEXUS; INNERVATION; INTERMESENTERIC PLEXUS; KIDNEY NERVE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MIDDLE RECTAL PLEXUS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OVARY PLEXUS; PELVIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERIKARYON; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; REFERRED PAIN; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL NERVE; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SUPERIOR HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC PLEXUS; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; URETERIC PLEXUS; UTEROVAGINAL PLEXUS; VAGUS NERVE; VESICOURETERIC PLEXUS; VISCERAL PAIN;

ABDOMEN; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN, REFERRED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS; SPINAL NERVES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84871428385     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22200     Document Type: Review

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