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What is a plexus?

What is a plexus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A network or interwoven mass, especially (anatomy) of nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
  2. (mathematics) The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.
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The nerve to the short head of the biceps femoris sometimes arises directly from the sacral plexus.
Intraventricular meningiomas are rare but typically occur around the choroid plexus in the trigone of the lateral ventricles.
These neuroendocrine tumors arise from the adventitia of the jugular bulb or the neural plexus within the middle ear space.
In addition, recent biopsy studies indicate that diabetic amyotrophy is due to microvasculitis in the lumbosacral plexus.
There is contiguous spread to the ipsilateral ACA and MCA via a perivascular plexus supplied by the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve.
In contrast to the innervation of the proximal esophagus, axons from vagal neurons synapse within ganglia of the myenteric plexus.

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