Talk:Celiac plexus
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A punch to the solar plexus can make any person become winded in a second.
Even though the term might be obsolete in medicine, most of the people that refer to this article are not medicine-related profesionals (otherwise they would refer to more trustworthy sources such as specialised books). The term "solar plexus" is more common to people that are prone to read this article.
[edit] significant changes and rearrangements needed
The term "solar plexus" is obsolete in medicine, replaced by "celiac plexus" or (less commonly) "celiac ganglion plexus." I think this entry and its associated redirects should be replaced with "Celiac ganglia" as the main entry, and redirects named Celiac Ganglia, Celiac ganglion, Solar plexus, Celiac plexus, etc.
There should also be cross-references to "autonomic nervous system," "autonomic ganglion" at the very least. There is a stub for "collateral ganglia" which is pointless, since hardly anyone calls them that. They're "prevertebral ganglia" or "sympathetic prevertebral ganglia" There should probably be a mention of the fact that most people mistakenly think the "solar plexus" is part of or just beneath inferior border of the sternum or xiphoid process, but it's actually back near the spinal cord.
If noone objects, I'll restructure this with minimal content editing, as a preliminary to expanding and rationalizing the content itself. I have some expertise with peripheral autonomic system anatomy.
Eric Mercer 06:06, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- The celiac plexus is not the same thing as the celiac ganglia, the former being the more broad term that encompasses the celiac ganglia as well as neighboring plexuses. Mauvila 15:05, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Approximate exterior location
Where, on the outside of the body, is the solar plexus? Agent_Koopa 21:30, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not sure how much I trust the source, but here is a diagram. --Arcadian 02:27, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
- Those seem to be the correct place, basically if you know CPR it's where you do the compressions. Follow a persons ribs to where they meet, lay three fingers (parallel to the ribs) from that point and you have the solar plexus at the bottom. This is the first aid placement, and is also the place where boxers are trained to aim for and to block - it's the reason they block their chest more than their head as this can put them out in one. 87.102.20.183 14:04, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
