Middle cervical cardiac nerve

Middle cardiac nerve
Diagram of the cervical sympathetic.
Details
FromMiddle cervical ganglion
Identifiers
Latinnervus cardiacus cervicalis medius
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The middle cervical cardiac nerve (or great cardiac nerve) is the largest of the three cardiac nerves. It arises from the middle cervical ganglion, or directly from the sympathetic trunk.[1] It joins the deep cardiac plexus.[2] It may occasionally be absent.[1]

  1. ^ a b Power, John Hatch (1860). Anatomy of the arteries of the human body. Fannin and Co. p. 32. Middle cardiac nerve.
  2. ^ "nerf cardiaque cervical moyen l.m. - Dictionnaire médical de l'Académie de Médecine". www.academie-medecine.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
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