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Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Peripheral Nerves > Spinal Nerves > Cervical Plexus

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Cervical Plexus  

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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.

In other languages

  • kaulapunos

    Finnish

  • plexus cervicalis
  • Halsplexus

    Swedish

  • Cervikalplexus
  • Halsfläta
  • Plexus cervicalis

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002572

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