plexus
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Jamie McGrath's vicious free-kick, Beni Banigime dozing and in rushed Boyle - cool and calm, a sidefoot to the solar plexus of the visitors.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
“It’s like a gut punch into the solar plexus — takes the wind out of you,” coach Jim Harbaugh said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
Importantly, this feature was preserved during aging, even when the nasopharyngeal lymphatic plexus had shrunk and was functionally impaired.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2024
My solar plexus warmed in the familiar way then — as though here, too, might be an opening for me to see my way through to a life populated with more desire than dread.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Immediately, I know it's Tiny, and I feel this weird relief radiate out from my solar plexus.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
Extrinsic nerve plexuses orchestrate long reflexes, which involve the central and autonomic nervous systems and work in response to stimuli from outside the digestive system.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
These plexuses are described as arising from spinal nerves and giving rise to certain systemic nerves, but they contain fibers that serve sensory functions or fibers that serve motor functions.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Two superficial venous plexuses are found in the anal canal: one within the anal columns and one at the anus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
These enteric neurons are grouped into two plexuses.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The nerves of the heart are derived from the vagus, spinal accessory and sympathetic, through the superficial and deep cardiac plexuses.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
