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paravertebral sympathetic trunk

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paravertebral sympathetic trunk,
the trunk formed by ascending and descending postganglionic fibers, together with all the ganglia, that extends the entire length of the vertebral column on each side and enables the visceral motor fibers of the sympathetic part of the autonomic division of the peripheral nervous system to be distributed to peripheral regions innervated by all spinal nerves.


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