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Cervical plexus (diagram)

Case contributed by Craig Hacking ◉

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Citation:

Hacking C, Cervical plexus (diagram). Case study, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 21 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-37804

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-37804

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/cases/37804

rID:

37804

Disclosures:

At the time the case was submitted for publication Craig Hacking had no recorded disclosures.

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Case published:

23 Jun 2015

Revisions:

5 times, by 1 contributor - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Head & Neck, Musculoskeletal

Tags:

cervical plexus

Institution:

The Royal Melbourne Hospital

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From the case: Cervical plexus (diagram)

Illustration

Cervical plexus
labelled

Ansa
cervicalis

Cervical plexus
unlabelled

Gray
rami

Greater
auricular nerve

Lesser
occipital nerve

to brachial
plexus

Nerve to
geniohyoid

Nerve to inferior
belly of omohyoid

Nerve to longus capitis
and longus colli

Nerve to
sternohyoid

Nerve to
sternothyroid

Nerve to superior
belly of omohyoid

Nerve to
thyrohyoid

Vagus
nerve

Nerve to rectus capitis lateralis, longus
capitis and rectus capitis anterior

Nerve to scalenes
and levator scapulae

Phrenic
nerve

Supraclavicular
nerve

Transverse
cervical nerve

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