greater splanchnic nerve

Introduction

Most superior of the abdominopelvic splanchnic nerves.

Origin

• 5th or 6th to 9th or 10th thoracic sympathetic ganglia

Innervation

• carries presynaptic sympathetic fibers to the celiac plexus
• carries visceral afferents from the celiac plexus

Course

• passes inferiorly along the bodies of the thoracic vertebrae & penetrates the diaphragm to join the celiac plexus.

More general terms

• abdominopelvic splanchnic nerve