middle cervical ganglion
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Middle cervical ganglion — Nerve: Middle cervical ganglion Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. (Lower cervical ganglion labeled at center right.) Latin ganglion cervicale medium Gray s … Wikipedia
cervical ganglion — n any of three sympathetic ganglia on each side of the neck: a) a ganglion at the top of the sympathetic chain that lies between the internal carotid artery and the second and third cervical vertebrae and that sends postganglionic fibers to the… … Medical dictionary
Inferior cervical ganglion — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = ganglion cervicale inferius GraySubject = 216 GrayPage = 980 Caption = Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. (Lower cervical ganglion labeled at bottom right.) Caption2 = Plan of right sympathetic cord and… … Wikipedia
Cervical ganglia — Nerve: Cervical ganglia Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. Gray s subject #216 978 The cervical ganglia are paravertebral ganglia of the … Wikipedia
Middle cardiac nerve — Nerve: Middle cardiac nerve Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. Latin nervus cardiacus cervicalis medius Gray s subjec … Wikipedia
ganglion cervicale medium — [TA] middle cervical ganglion: a variable ganglion, often fused with the vertebral ganglion, on the sympathetic trunk at about the level of the cricoid cartilage; its postganglionic fibers are distributed mainly to the heart, cervical region, and … Medical dictionary
cervical ganglion middle — g. cervicale medium … Medical dictionary
Ganglion — The celebrated 2nd century Greek physician Galen ((c. 130 201 A.D.) who lived and worked in Rome first used the word ganglion to denote a nerve complex. Ganglion still is used to refer to an aggregation of nerve cell bodies. Another use of the… … Medical dictionary
Cervical part of internal carotid artery — Artery: Cervical portion Latin pars cervicalis arteriae carotidis internae Gray s subject #146 567 The Cervical portion (or cervical segment) of the internal carotid begins at the bifurcation of the common carotid, opposite the upper border of… … Wikipedia
Ganglion impar — Gray s subject #214 984 The pelvic portion of each sympathetic trunk is situated in front of the sacrum, medial to the anterior sacral foramina. It consists of four or five small sacral ganglia, connected together by interganglionic cords, and… … Wikipedia
