The cervical ganglia are paravertebral ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. These emerging postganglionic nerves synapse with preganglionic nerves from the thoracic spinal cord. They consist of three paravertebral ganglia: superior cervical ganglion middle cervical ganglion inferior cervical ganglion. The inferior ganglion may be fused with the first thoracic ganglion to form a single structure, the stellate ganglion. Nerves emerging from cervical sympathetic ganglia contribute to the cardiac plexus, among other things.
dorsal part of neck +
lumbar sympathetic nerve trunk
sacral sympathetic nerve trunk
thoracic sympathetic nerve trunk +
Synonyms
Exact Synonyms:
cervical part of sympathetic trunk
;
cervical sympathetic chain
;
cervical sympathetic trunk