Learning Modules - Medical Gross Anatomy
Autonomics of the Thorax - Page 9 of 12

    
ESOPHAGUS - SYMPATHETIC

The sympathetic innervation of the esophagus arises from the thoracic sympathetic trunk. Presynaptic fibers will first synapse within the chain ganglia before traveling to the esophageal plexus via small thoracic visceral nerves to supply the esophageal vascular smooth muscle. Stimulation of these fibers will result in VASOCONSTRICTION.


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