| Term | Definition |
| carries blood from gi tract, pancreas and spleen to the liver to be detoxified | portal vein |
| mixture of sympathetic and parasympathetic fibers | plexuses |
| what are the two plexuses in ANS of abdomen? | celiacomesenteric and caudal mesenteric |
| what are the 2 sympathetic gangia of abdomen? | celiacomesenteric and caudal mesenteric |
| supplies/innervates the viscera of foregut and midgut | celiacomesenteric ganglion |
| supplies viscera of the hindgut; | caudal mesenteric ganglion |
| contain sympathetic neurons that run between sympathetic trunk and ganglia | splanchnic nn. |
| name the three splanchnic nn. | major splanchnic n., minor splanchnic nn., lumbar splanchnic nn. |
| what are the 2 nerve trunks of the parasympathetic system | dorsal vagal trunk and ventral vagal trunk |