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Cardiac Plexus

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Abstract

The nerves that supply the heart usually converge anteriorly toward the lower part of the trachea but may be followed separately to the heart. Cardiac ganglia, varying in size and number, may occur along the cervicothoracic nerves that supply the aorta, pulmonary trunk, and arteries as well as the heart. Image 73A Image 73B Image 73C Image 73D Image 73E Image 73F

The nerves that supply the heart usually converge anteriorly toward the lower part of the trachea but may be followed separately to the heart. Cardiac ganglia, varying in size and number, may occur along the cervicothoracic nerves that supply the aorta, pulmonary trunk, and arteries as well as the heart.

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Riferimenti dell’opera originale

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Anatomical classification

Systems:
Nervous system

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Adaptation

Adaptation of «Cardiac Plexus — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/NervousSystem/Text/CardiacPlexus.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Adaptation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Testo originale inglese riprodotto integralmente e riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti), senza modificarne le affermazioni. La traduzione italiana non è ancora stata eseguita, e la pagina lo dichiara. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.

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