splanchnic nerve

noun

A paired visceral branch of the autonomic nervous system that conveys visceral efferent (motor) fibers to internal organs and visceral afferent (sensory) fibers from them.

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Meanings

nounsplanchnic nerve (plural splanchnic nerves)

plural splanchnic nerves

  1. anatomyA paired visceral branch of the autonomic nervous system that conveys visceral efferent (motor) fibers to internal organs and visceral afferent (sensory) fibers from them.
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