Inferior cervical ganglion

Inferior cervical ganglion
Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. ("Lower cervical ganglion" labeled at bottom right.)
Plan of right sympathetic cord and splanchnic nerves. (Inferior cervical ganglion labeled at upper right.)
Details
Innervates	Thyroid
Identifiers
Latin	ganglion cervicale inferius
Dorlands /Elsevier	g_02/12384370
TA	A14.3.01.019
FMA	6961
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy []

The inferior cervical ganglion is situated between the base of the transverse process of the last cervical vertebra and the neck of the first rib, on the medial side of the .

Its form is irregular; it is larger in size than the middle cervical ganglion, and is frequently fused with the first thoracic ganglion, under which circumstances it is then called the "stellate ganglion."

It is connected to the middle cervical ganglion by two or more cords, one of which forms a loop around the subclavian artery and supplies offsets to it. This loop is named the ansa subclavia (Vieussenii).

The ganglion sends gray rami communicantes to the seventh and eighth cervical nerves.

The inferior cervical ganglion gives off two branches:

It is probably formed by the coalescence of two ganglia which correspond to the seventh and eighth cervical nerves.

The right sympathetic chain and its connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses.