"thorax: T2 to T12 thoracic sympathetic ganglia adjacent to their respective vertebral bodies, located within the posterior mediastinum"
"abdomen: L1 to L5 lumbar sympathetic ganglia. Located anteriorly to the thoracolumbar fascia within the perivertebral space and posteromedial to the psoas major muscle"
"pelvis: S1 to S5 sacral sympathetic ganglia. Located on the anterior surface of the sacrum medial to the S1-S4 sacral foramina"
"posterior: T1 spinal nerve"
"pelvis: S1 to S5 sacral sympathetic ganglia. Located on the anterior surface of the sacrum medial to the S1-S4 sacral foramina"
Expected headings
"Origin"
"Course"
"Efferent pathway"
"Afferent pathway"
"Branches"
"Head"
"Neck and thorax"
"Abdomen"
"Pelvis"
"Neck"
"Root of the neck"
"Thorax"
"Abdomen"
"Pelvis"
"Interventional procedures"
"preganglionic axons can leave the sympathetic ganglion directly via sympathetic branches (e.g. to coeliac or superior mesenteric ganglia)"
"coeliac plexus - supplies the liver (via hepatic plexus), gallbladder, bile duct, spleen, pancreas, adrenal glands (via suprarenal plexus), and foregut"