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Diagram of the cervical plexus

Diagram of the cervical plexus — Peripheral nerves
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After Gray's Anatomy (1918); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

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Diagram of the cervical plexus. Peripheral nerve.

Region
peripheral nerve
Structure
cervical plexus
System
peripheral nerves, cranial nerves, autonomic, muscle
Focus
cervical plexus, cutaneous branches of cervical plexus, ansa cervicalis, phrenic nerve

Structures labelled on this plate

  • SMALL OCCIPITAL
  • GREAT AURICULAR
  • R. C. A. MIN
  • R. A. MAJ
  • TO VAGUS
  • COMMUNICATING TO HYPOGLOSSAL
  • HYPOGLOSSAL
  • SYMPATHETIC
  • LONGUS COLLI. & RECTUS ANT. MAJOR
  • III
  • STERNO MASTOID
  • COMMUNICANTES
  • TO GENIOHYOID
  • TO THYROHYOID
  • SUBMANDIBULAR BR. OF FACIAL
  • LEVATOR ANGULI SCAP. & SCALENUS MEDIUS
  • SPINAL ACCESSORY
  • SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL
  • DESCENDENS HYPO GLOSSI
  • SYM
  • DESCENDENS CERVICALIS
  • ANSA CERVICALIS
  • PHRENIC
  • SUPERFICIAL DESCENDING
  • FROM SYMPATHETIC
  • TRAPEZIUS

Source: After Gray's Anatomy (1918). Public domain (Gray's Anatomy, 1918), modernized rendering.