| Nerve: Transverse cervical nerve | |
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| The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck. ("Cervical cutaneous" identified at center.) | |
| Plan of the cervical plexus. ("Superficial cervical" labeled at center.) | |
| Latin | nervus transversus colli |
| Gray's | subject #210 927 |
| Innervates | Cutaneous innervation of the anterior and lateral parts of the neck |
| From | cervical plexus (C2 and C3) |
The transverse cervical nerve (superficial cervical or cutaneous cervical) arises from the second and third cervical nerves, turns around the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoideus about its middle, and, passing obliquely forward beneath the external jugular vein to the anterior border of the muscle, it perforates the deep cervical fascia, and divides beneath the Platysma into ascending and descending branches, which are distributed to the antero-lateral parts of the neck.
During dissection, the SCM is the landmark. The transverse cervical nerves will pass horizontally directly over the SCM from Erb's point.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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