enteric (nerve) plexus

en·ter·ic (nerve) plex·us

[TA] the autonomic plexus in the wall of the intestine; it consists of three parts, submucosal, myenteric, and subserosal; ganglionic cells are scattered through the myenteric and submucosal plexus. Synonym(s): plexus (nervosus) entericus [TA]