Middle cervical ganglion

Middle cervical ganglion
Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. ("Middle cervical ganglion" labeled at center right.)
Details
From	middle cardiac nerve
Innervates	thyroid
Identifiers
Latin	ganglion cervicale medium
TA	A14.3.01.016
FMA	6468
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy* [edit on Wikidata]

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.

Branches

Gray Rami Communicantes to the anterior rami of the fifth and sixth cervical nerves.
Thyroid Branches which pass along the inferior thyroid artery to the thyroid gland.
The middle cardiac branch, which descends in the neck and ends in the cardiac plexus in the thorax

2006581307 at GPnotebook
thoraxlesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (thoraxautonomicner)
Anatomy photo:31:07-0202 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Sympathetic Trunk and Cervical Ganglia"
Clinical Anatomy by Richard S. Snell seventh edition page 744

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Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia: Cervical ganglia Superior Middle Inferior Stellate ganglion prevertebral plexus: Cavernous plexus Internal carotid

Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia: Thoracic ganglia prevertebral plexus: Cardiac plexus Esophageal plexus Pulmonary plexus Thoracic aortic plexus splanchnic nerves: cardiopulmonary thoracic cardiac nerves: Superior Middle Inferior

Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia: Lumbar ganglia prevertebral ganglia: Celiac ganglia Aorticorenal Superior mesenteric ganglion Inferior mesenteric ganglion prevertebral plexus: Celiac plexus Hepatic Splenic Pancreatic aorticorenal Abdominal aortic plexus Renal/Suprarenal Superior mesenteric Gastric Inferior mesenteric Spermatic Ovarian Superior hypogastric hypogastric nerve Superior rectal Inferior hypogastric Vesical Prostatic / Cavernous nerves of penis Uterovaginal Middle rectal splanchnic nerves: Lumbar splanchnic nerves

Enteric	Submucous plexus Myenteric plexus

Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia: Sacral ganglia Ganglion impar splanchnic nerves: Sacral splanchnic nerves

Parasympathetic	splanchnic nerves: Pelvic splanchnic nerves

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