See Also: rami communicantes nervorum spinalium(medicine)
rami posteriores nervorum spinalium(medicine)
ansae nervorum spinalium(medicine)
plexus nervorum spinalium(medicine)
ramus meningeus nervorum spinalium(medicine)
ramus dorsalis nervorum spinalium(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)
rami mammarii mediales rami cutanei anterioris ramorum ventralium nervorum thoracicorum(medicine)

rami communicantes nervorum spinalium (medicine)


rami communicantes nervorum spinalium -->
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.