Preferred Name

cervical ganglion

Synonyms

cervical sympathetic ganglion

Definitions

The cervical ganglia are paravertebral ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. 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. [WP,unvetted].

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001991

database_cross_reference

SCTID:181100007

EMAPA:18438

BTO:0000113

Wikipedia:Cervical_ganglion

FMA:6470

MA:0001153

definition

The cervical ganglia are paravertebral ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. 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. [WP,unvetted].

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Gray844.png

has exact synonym

cervical sympathetic ganglion

has_obo_namespace

uberon

id

UBERON:0001991

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim

label

cervical ganglion

notation

UBERON:0001991

prefLabel

cervical ganglion

present_in_taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001807

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