The gangliated plexus of unmyelinated nerve fibers that ramify the stomach and intestinal submucosa. [ MP:0010800 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]
Synonyms: submucosal nerve plexus
Term information
- Wikipedia:Meissner's_plexus
- FMA:21542
- GAID:801
- EMAPA:35834
- SCTID:322349001
- MESH:D013368
- UMLS:C0038564 (ncithesaurus:Submucous_Nerve_Plexus)
- MA:0001149
- NCIT:C52747
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
in FMA this is part of the esophagus, duodenum and intestine; this violates part-disjointness axioms in uberon
Term relations
- enteric plexus
- overlaps some lamina propria of esophagus
- overlaps some submucosa of small intestine
- contributes to morphology of some enteric nervous system