Preferred Label : cervical sympathetic nerve trunk;
Uberon definition : The cervical ganglia are paravertebral ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system.
These emerging postganglionic nerves synapse with preganglionic nerves from the thoracic
spinal cord. They consist of three paravertebral ganglia: superior cervical ganglion
middle cervical ganglion inferior cervical ganglion. The inferior ganglion may be
fused with the first thoracic ganglion to form a single structure, the stellate ganglion.
Nerves emerging from cervical sympathetic ganglia contribute to the cardiac plexus,
among other things.;
Uberon synonym : cervical sympathetic chain; cervical sympathetic trunk; cervical part of sympathetic trunk;
Origin ID : 0034901;
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The cervical ganglia are paravertebral ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system.
These emerging postganglionic nerves synapse with preganglionic nerves from the thoracic
spinal cord. They consist of three paravertebral ganglia: superior cervical ganglion
middle cervical ganglion inferior cervical ganglion. The inferior ganglion may be
fused with the first thoracic ganglion to form a single structure, the stellate ganglion.
Nerves emerging from cervical sympathetic ganglia contribute to the cardiac plexus,
among other things.
