splanchnic

IPA: spɫˈænknɪk

Examples of "splanchnic" in Sentences

• Stimulation of the splanchnic nerves, causing increased output of epinephrine and norepinephrine
As brain and nerves adjusted and endocrines responded, the primitive centers - gustatory, splanchnic, olfactory - grew active, too.
In splanchnic neurasthenia we have first of all to overcome the intense congestion of blood in the splanchnic and abdominal veins in general.
Tsudzimura15, that the effects of splanchnic nerve stimulation are transmitted to the cells of the suprarenal medulla by the release of acetylcholine in that tissue.
The patient is lying on his left side with the right arm over his head and the operator carefully works over the whole hepatic region not forgetting the three splanchnic nerves.
Although the human heart and kidneys are both close to the size expected for a 65-kg primate, the mass of the splanchnic organs the abdominal organs is approximately 900 g less that expected.
For example, breathing in quick abdominal breaths—the Breath of Fire—stimulates the splanchnic nerves in the abdominal cavity, and potentiates release of stimulating epinephrine and norepinephrine.
The splanchnic nerves (splank'nik; "viscera" G), which originate from some of the thoracic nerves, have their preganglionic fibers ending in a mass of ganglia (a "plexus") lying j'ust behind the stomach.