Nerves

Nerve reference, root levels, course, motor and sensory distribution, entrapment sites, and neuropathies.

342 nerves

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6 nerves starting with S in Neck Clear ×

Nerve Stellate Ganglion ganglion stellatum Neck The stellate ganglion is the fusion of the inferior cervical sympathetic ganglion and the first thoracic…

Nerve Suboccipital Nerve nervus suboccipitalis Neck The suboccipital nerve is the posterior ramus of C1, the only spinal nerve that has no…

Nerve Superior Cervical Ganglion ganglion cervicale superius Neck The superior cervical ganglion is the largest sympathetic ganglion in the body, approximately 2.5 cm long,…

Nerve Superior Laryngeal Nerve nervus laryngeus superior Neck The superior laryngeal nerve arises from the inferior (nodose) ganglion of the vagus and divides into…

Nerve Superior Trunk of the Brachial Plexus truncus superior plexus brachialis Neck The superior (upper) trunk forms where the C5 and C6 roots join near the lateral border…

Nerve Supraclavicular Nerves nervi supraclaviculares Neck The supraclavicular nerves arise from the cervical plexus (C3-C4) and emerge as a group from the…