| Nerve: Cervical ganglia | |
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| Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. | |
| Gray's | subject #216 978 |
The cervical ganglia are paravertebral ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. These emerging postganglionic nerves synapse with preganglionic nerves from the thoracic spinal cord. 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.
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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