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cervical sympathetic nerve trunk
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- UBERON:0034901
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- 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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_ganglia
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- Cervical:ganglia
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/280533000
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