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Nervous system
The organ system which, along with the endocrine system, correlates the adjustments and reactions of the organism to its internal and external enviroment.
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cardiac plexus
Anatomy; Nervous system
The cardiac plexus is a plexus of nerves situated at the base of the heart that innervates the heart.
cavernous plexus
Anatomy; Nervous system
The cavernous nerve plexus is situated below and medial to that part of the internal carotid artery which is placed by the side of the sella turcica in the cavernous sinus, and is formed chiefly by ...
celiac ganglia
Anatomy; Nervous system
The celiac ganglia or coeliac ganglia are two large irregularly shaped masses of nerve tissue in the upper abdomen. Part of the sympathetic subdivision of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), the two ...
cervical branch of the facial nerve
Anatomy; Nervous system
The cervical branch of the facial nerve runs forward beneath the Platysma, and forms a series of arches across the side of the neck over the suprahyoid region.
cervical plexus
Anatomy; Nervous system
The cervical plexus is a plexus of the ventral rami of the first four cervical spinal nerves which are located from C1 to C4 cervical segment in the neck. They are located laterally to the transverse ...
chorda tympani
Anatomy; Nervous system
The chorda tympani is a nerve that branches from the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) inside the facial canal, just before the facial nerve exits the skull via the Stylomastoid foramen. It serves the ...
ciliary ganglion
Anatomy; Nervous system
The ciliary ganglion is a parasympathetic ganglion located in the posterior orbit.
