Tags: Anatomical Structure, Nerve.
Auerbach’s plexus (or myenteric plexus) provides motor innervation to both layers of the tunica muscularis having both parasympathetic and sympathetic input whereas Meissner’s plexus has only parasympathetic fibers and provides secretomotor innervation to the mucosa nearest the lumen of the gut.It arises from cells in the nucleus ala cinerea the parasympathetic nucleus of origin for the tenth cranial nerve (vagus nerve) located in the medulla oblongata.
