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cer·vi·cal plexus

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  1. cervical plexus, plexus cervicalisnoun

    a nerve plexus lying beneath the sternocleidomastoid muscle

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  1. Cervical plexus

    The cervical plexus is a plexus of the anterior rami of the first four cervical spinal nerves which arise from C1 to C4 cervical segment in the neck. They are located laterally to the transverse processes between prevertebral muscles from the medial side and vertebral (m. scalenus, m. levator scapulae, m. splenius cervicis) from lateral side. There is anastomosis with accessory nerve, hypoglossal nerve and sympathetic trunk. It is located in the neck, deep to sternocleidomastoid m. Nerves formed from the cervical plexus innervate the back of the head, as well as some neck muscles. The branches of the cervical plexus emerge from the posterior triangle at the nerve point, a point which lies midway on the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid. Also from the posterior ramus of C2 greater occipital nerve arises

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  1. cervical plexus

    The cervical plexus is a network of nerve fibres that originates in the neck from the anterior divisions of the first four cervical spinal nerves and supplies functional innervation to the diaphragm, skin, and muscles of the neck and the upper part of the shoulders. It's responsible for numerous sensory and motor functions in the head, neck, thorax, and upper abdomen.

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  1. Cervical plexus

    The cervical plexus is a plexus of the ventral rami of the first four cervical spinal nerves which are located from C1 to C4 cervical segment in the neck. They are located laterally to the transverse processes between prevertebral muscles from the medial side and vertebral from lateral side. There is anastomosis with accessory nerve, hypoglossal nerve and sympathetic trunk. It is located in the neck, deep to sternocleidomastoid. Nerves formed from the cervical plexus innervate the back of the head, as well as some neck muscles. The branches of the cervical plexus emerge from the posterior triangle at the nerve point, a point which lies midway on the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Cervical Plexus

    A network of nerve fibers originating in the upper four cervical spinal cord segments. The cervical plexus distributes cutaneous nerves to parts of the neck, shoulders, and back of the head, and motor fibers to muscles of the cervical spinal column, infrahyoid muscles, and the diaphragm.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cervical plexus in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cervical plexus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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