Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
"Fetus 9. On the right side, a small triangular ganglion is
attached by its upper pole to the sympathetic trunk, and one of its
other corners links with the vagus (arrow). Issuing from a distal
intermediate ganglion (star), and from the cervicothoracic, are
strong contributions to the cardiac plexus.
The left superior and middle sympathetic cardiac rami join before communicating with the recurrent laryngeal nerve.
Fetus 10. The most noteworthy feature of this specimen is the absence of communications between the Sympathetic trunks and neighboring nerves. This feature is seen on both sides-" From Ellison, J.P. and TH. Williams. Sympathetic nerve path" ways to the human heart, and their variations. Am. J. Anat124:149-162, 1969.
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