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Body Atlas, Nerve Reference

Nerves

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

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Nerve Accessory Nerve nervus accessorius (CN XI) Neck The spinal accessory nerve (cranial nerve XI) supplies the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius, both of which are…
Nerve Accessory Phrenic Nerve nervus phrenicus accessorius Neck The accessory phrenic nerve is an inconstant nerve arising from C5 (occasionally also C4) that joins…
Nerve Ansa Cervicalis (Full) ansa cervicalis Neck The ansa cervicalis is a nerve loop formed by fibres from C1-C3, lying on the internal…
Nerve Brachial Plexus plexus brachialis Neck The brachial plexus is the complex neural network formed from the ventral rami of C5-T1, organised…
Nerve Carotid Sinus Nerve nervus sinus carotici Neck The carotid sinus nerve (Hering's nerve) is a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) that…
Nerve Cervical Branch of the Facial Nerve ramus colli nervi facialis Neck The cervical branch is the lowest terminal branch of the facial nerve (CN VII), leaving the…
Nerve Cervical Plexus plexus cervicalis Neck The cervical plexus is formed by the ventral rami of C1-C4 deep to the sternocleidomastoid in…
Nerve Cervical Sympathetic Trunk truncus sympatheticus cervicalis Neck The cervical sympathetic trunk is the superior continuation of the thoracic sympathetic chain, ascending on the…
Nerve Dorsal Scapular Nerve nervus dorsalis scapulae Neck The dorsal scapular nerve supplies the rhomboids and levator scapulae, providing the medial scapular retraction force…
Nerve External Branch of the Superior Laryngeal Nerve ramus externus nervi laryngei superioris Neck The external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve is the smaller motor branch that descends on…
Nerve Inferior Trunk of the Brachial Plexus truncus inferior plexus brachialis Neck The inferior (lower) trunk forms from the C8 and T1 roots and lies on the first…
Nerve Internal Branch of the Superior Laryngeal Nerve ramus internus nervi laryngei superioris Neck The internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve is the larger sensory branch that pierces the…
Nerve Middle Cervical Ganglion ganglion cervicale medium Neck The middle cervical ganglion is the smallest of the three cervical sympathetic ganglia and is sometimes…
Nerve Middle Trunk of the Brachial Plexus truncus medius plexus brachialis Neck The middle trunk is simply the continuation of the C7 root, the only root that does…
Nerve Nerve to Geniohyoid nervus musculi geniohyoidei Neck The nerve to the geniohyoid is carried by the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) but actually derives…
Nerve Nerve to Thyrohyoid nervus musculi thyreohyoidei Neck The nerve to thyrohyoid is a branch from the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) arising in the…
Nerve Nodose Ganglion ganglion inferius nervi vagi Neck The nodose ganglion (inferior vagal ganglion) is the lower sensory ganglion of the vagus nerve, located…
Nerve Pharyngeal Plexus plexus pharyngeus Neck The pharyngeal plexus is formed on the lateral wall of the pharynx by branches from the…
Nerve Phrenic Nerve nervus phrenicus Neck The phrenic nerve is the sole motor supply to the diaphragm, making it the most vital…
Nerve Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve nervus laryngeus recurrens Neck A branch of the vagus nerve (CN X), the recurrent laryngeal nerve follows an asymmetric course…
Nerve Roots of the Brachial Plexus radices plexus brachialis Neck The roots of the brachial plexus are the anterior (ventral) rami of spinal nerves C5, C6,…
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,…
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