Where is the solar plexus located?
The human body is an intelligent system. But our body also has weak points. These are usually well protected, but a blow on them can have fatal consequences. One of these places is the solar plexus. But where is it?
What the solar plexus is and where it is located
The solar plexus is a network of nerve fibers and is also known as the solar plexus.
- It lies in front of the abdominal aorta, between the first lumbar vertebra and the last and twelfth thoracic vertebra. If you follow your costal arch groping, you will feel an upside-down "V". The solar plexus is located in this "V". You will feel even slight pressure on this.
- This is where (autonomous) nerve switching centers and nerve fibers that cannot be consciously influenced, accumulate, which supply the abdominal organs. An important cranial nerve, the vagus nerve, is part of this network. This nerve regulates many functions of many organs, for example functions of the vocal apparatus, the heart, the lungs and the abdominal organs.
- The solar plexus is located far inside the body and yet it is very sensitive. But due to the central position and the curvature of our body, the solar plexus is seldom hit. Well-trained abdominal muscles provide additional protection.
That can happen in one fell swoop
- As just described, we rarely injure ourselves on the solar plexus, but it can happen. To do this, however, the incident has to happen suddenly, because people usually protect their core by crouching or with folded arms.
- But in the event of an accident, for example, an object can press on the place where the solar plexus is located. This can have fatal consequences. Even a blow in an attack can have serious consequences.
- Since the important cranial nerve that switches vital organs is located there, the function of these organs can be disturbed. The consequences can be unconsciousness, slow heartbeat, difficulty breathing and dizziness.
- The heart can even stop beating, causing serious damage and possibly even death.
The solar plexus is part of the so-called autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for the vegetative ...
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