Superior cardiac nerve
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The superior cardiac nerve arises by two or more branches from the superior cervical ganglion, and occasionally receives a filament from the trunk between the first and second cervical ganglia. It runs down the neck behind the common carotid artery, and in front of the Longus colli muscle; and crosses in front of the inferior thyroid artery, and recurrent nerve. The course of the nerves on the two sides then differs.
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Superior cardiac nerve | |
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From | Superior cervical ganglion |
Innervates | Heart |
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Latin | nervus cardiacus cervicalis superior |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
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