Inferior cervical ganglion | |
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![]() 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 |
TA98 | A14.3.01.019 |
TA2 | 6611 |
FMA | 6961 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The inferior cervical ganglion is one of the three cervical sympathetic ganglia (i.e. of the cervical portion of the sympathetic trunk).[1] It 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 costocervical artery.[citation needed]
It is often united with the first (and sometimes the second[2]) thoracic ganglion to form the cervicothoracic ganglion (stellate ganglion).[3][2]
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