Inferior root of ansa cervicalis

Inferior root of ansa cervicalis

Ansa cervicalis. Superior root labeled as "descending hypoglossal", Inferior root labeled as "descending cervical".
Details
Latin radix inferior ansae cervicalis, descendens cervicalis
From
 C2 and C3 of cervical plexus
Identifiers
Gray's p.928
Dorlands
/Elsevier		 r_02/12687846
TA A14.2.02.015
FMA 55146
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The inferior root of the ansa cervicalis, also known as descendens cervicalis, is formed by fibers from spinal nerves C2 and C3.

The inferior root gives off branches to the inferior belly of the omohyoid muscle, and the lower parts of the sternothyroid and sternohyoid muscles.

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