Medium cervical ganglion

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Scheme of the cervical ganglia

The medium cervical ganglion ( middle cervical ganglion ) is a nodular collection of nerve cells ( ganglion ) inserted into the neck part of the sympathetic nervous system . In humans it is on the 6th cervical vertebra , in animals it is usually in the breast entrance between the first pair of ribs . In some animal species (e.g. horse ) it is inconsistent, so it does not occur in all individuals.

The medium cervical ganglion draws sympathetic fibers from the stellate ganglion via the subclavian ansa . From him settle as sympathetic trunk ( sympathetic trunk ) to the superior cervical ganglion (or cranial) continued. In most mammals, this sympathetic neck cord with the 10th cranial nerve ( nervus vagus ) is surrounded by a common epineural sheath ( truncus vagosympathicus ). In addition, sympathetic fibers run from the middle cervical ganglion to the heart ( nervus cardiacus cervicalis medius ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on ganglion cervicale medium in Flexikon , a Wiki of the DocCheck company , accessed on November 27, 2015.

literature

  • Ulrike Bommas Ebert, Philipp Teubner, Rainer Voss: Short textbook anatomy and embryology . 3. Edition. Georg Thieme, 2011, ISBN 978-3-13-135533-1 , p. 108 .
  • Hort Erich König and Hans-Georg Liebich (eds.): Anatomy of domestic mammals - textbook and color atlas for study and practice . 5th edition. Schattauer, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7945-2832-5 , pp. 554 .