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Middle rectal plexus

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Middle rectal plexus
Details
Frominferior hypogastric plexus
Identifiers
Latinplexus rectalis medius
TA98A14.3.03.049
TA26716
FMA6645
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The middle rectal plexus is a nerve plexus which supplies the middle part of the rectum.

It is a branch of the inferior hypogastric plexus.[1]

The middle rectal plexus used to be referred to by anatomists as Copeland's web, due to its identification by biologist Charles Copeland and the design of his anatomical drawings in the early 20th century.

References

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  1. ^ Jeyarajah S, King A, Papagrigoriadis S (2007). "Faecal incontinence as presentation of an ependymomas of the spinal cord". World J Surg Oncol. 5: 107. doi:10.1186/1477-7819-5-107. PMC 2034572. PMID 17894884.