rectal plexus

The superior rectal plexus is a division of the inferior mesenteric plexus.

Rectal plexus can refer to:

It is the source for the middle rectal plexus, vesical plexus, prostatic plexus, and uterovaginal plexus.

The middle rectal plexus was previously referred to by anatomists as Copeland's web, due to its identification by biologist Charles Copeland and the design of his anatomical drawings in the early 1900s.