nerve of cervical vertebra

nerve of cervical vertebra

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The cervical nerves are the spinal nerves from the cervical vertebrae. Although there are seven cervical vertebrae (C1-C7), there are eight cervical nerves (C1-C8). All nerves except C8 emerge above their corresponding vertebrae, while the C8 nerve emerges below the C7 vertebra. (In the other portions of the spine, the nerve emerges below the vertebra with the same name. Dorsal (posterior) distribution includes the greater occipital (C2) and third occipital (C3). Ventral (anterior) distribution includes the cervical plexus (C1-C4) and brachial plexus (C5-C8) [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_nerves ]

Synonyms: cervical nerve tree nervus cervicalis cervical spinal nerve cervical nerve

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SCTID:360497008
NLXANAT:20090207
neuronames:2351
Wikipedia:Cervical_nerves
BAMS:cern
FMA:5859
NCIT:C32299

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Innervates: sternohyoid muscle, sternothyroid muscle, omohyoid muscle[WP]

UBERON:0000962

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spinal nerve and extends_fibers_into some cervical spinal cord

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branching part of

phrenic nerve