Cervical ganglia

Cervical ganglia
Nerve: Cervical ganglia
Diagram of the cervical sympathetic.
Gray's subject #216 978

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:

Nerves emerging from cervical sympathetic ganglia contribute to the cardiac plexus, among other things.

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