0 above the kidney (= one of two small organs that take away waste matter from the blood to produce urine): --
suprarenal glands
The plexus supplies the suprarenal gland, being distributed chiefly to its medullary portion; its branches are remarkable for their large size in comparison with that of the organ they supply.
Suprarenal plexus labeled at upper right.
This process starts with the synthesis of cholesterol, which then proceeds through a series of modifications in the adrenal gland (suprarenal) to become any one of many steroid hormones.
The suprarenal arteries irrigate the suprarenal gland parenchyma, the ureter, and the surrounding cellular tissue and muscles.
Each vessel gives off superior suprarenal branches to the suprarenal gland of its own side.
He discovered the astringent and haemostatic properties of the substance produced by the suprarenal gland, and its value in medicine, especially in surgeries.
A notable exception to the routes mentioned above is the sympathetic innervation of the suprarenal (adrenal) medulla.
In this case, presynaptic neurons pass through paraverterbral ganglia, on through prevertebral ganglia and then synapse directly with suprarenal tissue.
