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  2. Cervical plexus - Wikipedia

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    It is located in the neck, deep to the sternocleidomastoid muscle. [5] 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.

  3. Nerve plexus - Wikipedia

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    Cervical plexus. The cervical plexus is formed by the ventral rami of the upper four cervical nerves and the upper part of fifth cervical ventral ramus. The network of rami is located deep to the sternocleidomastoid within the neck. The cervical plexus innervates muscles of the neck and areas of skin on the head, neck and chest.

  4. List of nerves of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of nerves in the human body: ... The cervical portion of the sympathetic system; ... Cervical plexus; Chorda tympani; Ciliary ganglion;

  5. Posterior triangle of the neck - Wikipedia

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    Branches of cervical plexus; Roots and trunks of brachial plexus; Phrenic nerve (C3,4,5) B) Vessels: Subclavian artery (Third part) Transverse cervical artery; Suprascapular artery; Terminal part of external jugular vein; C) Lymph nodes: Occipital; Supraclavicular; D) Muscles: Inferior belly of omohyoid muscle; Anterior Scalene; Middle Scalene ...

  6. Internal carotid plexus - Wikipedia

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    The internal carotid plexus is a nerve plexus situated upon the lateral side of the internal carotid artery. It is composed of post-ganglionic sympathetic fibres which have synapsed at (i.e. have their nerve cell bodies at) the superior cervical ganglion. The plexus gives rise to the deep petrosal nerve. [1]

  7. Supraclavicular nerves - Wikipedia

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    The supraclavicular nerve is a cutaneous (sensory) nerve of the cervical plexus that arises from the third and fourth cervical (spinal) nerves. It emerges from beneath the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, then split into multiple branches. Together, these innervate the skin over the shoulder.

  8. Hypoglossal nerve - Wikipedia

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    The hypoglossal nerve, also known as the twelfth cranial nerve, cranial nerve XII, or simply CN XII, is a cranial nerve that innervates all the extrinsic and intrinsic muscles of the tongue except for the palatoglossus, which is innervated by the vagus nerve.

  9. Nerve point of neck - Wikipedia

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    "Erb's point" is also a term used in head and neck surgery to describe the point on the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, approximately 2-3cm above the clavicle, overlying the transverse process of the sixth cervical vertebra, [3] where the four superficial branches of the cervical plexus—the greater auricular, lesser ...