Cervical Plexus
"Cervical Plexus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A network of nerve fibers originating in the upper four CERVICAL SPINAL CORD segments. The cervical plexus distributes cutaneous nerves to parts of the neck, shoulders, and back of the head. It also distributes motor fibers to muscles of the cervical SPINAL COLUMN, infrahyoid muscles, and the DIAPHRAGM.
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D002572
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.720.150
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cervical Plexus" by people in Profiles.
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O'Leary S, Stacey R, Hamlyn P. The intradural cervical plexus. An absent cervical nerve root. Surg Radiol Anat. 1997; 19(3):201-2.