stellate ganglion

stellate ganglion
stellate ganglion n a composite ganglion formed by fusion of the inferior cervical ganglion and the first thoracic ganglion of the sympathetic chain of a vertebrate animal

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a star-shaped collection of sympathetic nerve cell bodies in the root of the neck, from which sympathetic nerve fibres are distributed to the face and neck and to the blood vessels and organs of the thorax.

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g. cervicothoracicum.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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