See Also: white rami communicantes(medicine)
gray rami communicantes(medicine)
rami communicantes nervorum spinalium(medicine)
rami communicantes ganglii submandibularis cum nervo linguali(medicine)
rami communicantes nervi lingualis cum nervo hypoglosso(medicine)
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rami mammarii mediales rami perforantis arteriae thoracicae internae(medicine)
rami mammarii mediales rami cutanei anterioris nervorum intercostalium(medicine)
rami mammarii laterales rami cutanei lateralis nervorum thoracicorum(medicine)
rami mammarii laterales rami cutanei lateralis nervorum intercostalium(medicine)

white rami communicantes (medicine)


white rami communicantes
Short nerves arising from the initial portion of the ventral primary rami of the thoracic and upper lumbar spinal nerves through which all presynaptic sympathetic nerve fibres must pass to reach the sympathetic trunks; also conveyed by the white rami communicans are visceral afferent (sensory) fibres which were conveyed to the sympathetic trunks in splanchnic nerves. Most fibres conveyed by the white rami communicantes are myelinated.

Synonym: rami communicantes nervorum spinalium, communicating branches of spinal nerves.