Middle cervical ganglion
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Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. ("Middle cervical ganglion" labeled at center right.)
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| From | middle cardiac nerve |
| Innervates | thyroid |
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| Latin | ganglion cervicale medium |
| Dorlands /Elsevier |
g_02/12384378 |
| TA | A14.3.01.016 |
| FMA | 6468 |
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The middle cervical ganglion is the smallest of the three cervical ganglia, and is occasionally absent. It is placed opposite the sixth cervical vertebra, usually in front of, or close to, the inferior thyroid artery. It sends gray rami communicantes to the fifth and sixth cervical nerves, and gives off the middle cardiac nerve.
It is probably formed by the coalescence of two ganglia corresponding to the fifth and sixth cervical nerves.
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