Superior cervical ganglion
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| Nerve: Superior cervical ganglion | ||
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| Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. (Labeled as "Upper cervical ganglion") | ||
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| The right sympathetic chain and its connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses. (Labeld at upper left.) | ||
| Latin | ganglion cervicale superius | |
| Gray's | subject #216 978 | |
| MeSH | A08.340.315.350.850 | |
The superior cervical ganglion, the largest of the cervical ganglia, is placed opposite the second and third cervical vertebræ. It contains neurons that supply sympathetic innervation to the face.
It is of a reddish-gray color, and usually fusiform in shape; sometimes broad and flattened, and occasionally constricted at intervals; it is believed to be formed by the coalescence of four ganglia, corresponding to the upper four cervical nerves.
It is in relation, in front, with the sheath of the internal carotid artery and internal jugular vein; behind, with the Longus capitis muscle.
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 Sympathetic connections of the ciliary and superior cervical ganglia. |
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| sympathetic nervous system: sympathetic trunks (white ramus communicans, gray ramus communicans) - collateral ganglia cavernous plexus - cervical ganglia: (superior, middle, inferior) - splanchnic nerves: (thoracic, lumbar, sacral) - ganglion impar celiac: celiac ganglia - aorticorenal - renal - spermatic/ovarian - superior mesenteric - aortic plexus - inferior mesenteric - hepatic - splenic - gastric - pancreatic - suprarenal hypogastric: superior hypogastric - inferior hypogastric - vesical - prostatic - uterovaginal parasympathetic nervous system: ciliary ganglion (short ciliary nerves) - pterygopalatine ganglion (nerve of pterygoid canal) - submandibular ganglion - otic ganglion - pelvic splanchnic |
