Auerbach.27s plexus Neurogastroenterology
auerbach s plexus, known myenteric plexus, collection of unmyelinated fibers , postganglionic autonomic cell bodies lie between circular , longitudinal layers of muscularis externa in gastrointestinal tract. discovered , named german neuropathologist leopold auerbach. these neurons provide motor inputs both layers of muscularis externa, , provide both parasympathetic , sympathetic input. anatomy of plexus similar anatomy of central nervous system. plexus includes sensory receptors, such chemoreceptors , mechanoreceptors, used provide sensory input interneurons in enteric nervous system. plexus parasympathetic nucleus of origin vagus nerve, , communicate medulla oblongata through both anterior , posterior vagal nerves.
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