page_title: Thoracic splanchnic nerves
hierarchical_section_title: Thoracic splanchnic nerves
caption_attribution_description: English: The right sympathetic chain and its connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses (After Schwalbe)
context_page_description: Thoracic splanchnic nerves are splanchnic nerves that arise from the sympathetic trunk in the thorax and travel inferiorly to provide sympathetic innervation to the abdomen. The nerves contain preganglionic sympathetic fibers and general visceral afferent fibers.
context_section_description: Thoracic splanchnic nerves are splanchnic nerves that arise from the sympathetic trunk in the thorax and travel inferiorly to provide sympathetic innervation to the abdomen.  The nerves contain preganglionic sympathetic fibers and general visceral afferent fibers.
caption: The right sympathetic chain and its connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses. (Greater and lesser splanchnic nerves labeled at left.)
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