Cervical ganglia

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Nerve: Cervical ganglia
Diagram of the cervical sympathetic.
Gray's	subject #216 978

The cervical ganglia are paravertebral ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. They consist of three paravertebral ganglia:

• superior cervical ganglion
• middle cervical ganglion
• inferior cervical ganglion. The inferior ganglion may be fused with the first thoracic ganglion to form a single structure, the stellate ganglion.

Nerves emerging from cervical sympathetic ganglia contribute to the cardiac plexus, among other things.

[edit] External links

• SUNY Labs 31:07-0200 - "The Sympathetic Trunk and Cervical Ganglia"
• Physiology at MCG 6/6ch2/s6ch2_30
• http://www.instantanatomy.net/headneck/nerves/autonomic/cervicalgangliaconnections.html
• http://www.instantanatomy.net/headneck/nerves/autonomic/cervicalganglianeck.html

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