Abdominal portion of the sympathetic trunk, with the celiac plexus and hypogastric plexus. (Sympathetic trunk labeled at center left.)
Scheme showing pathways (white/grey rami are spatially reversed, possibly for clarity?) of a typical spinal nerve. 1. Somatic efferent. 2. Somatic afferent. 3,4,5. Sympathetic efferent. 6,7. Parasympathetic afferent.
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Identifiers
Latin
truncus sympathicus
TA98
A14.3.01.002
TA2
6602
FMA
6258
Anatomical terminology
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The sympathetic trunks (sympathetic chain, gangliated cord) are a paired bundle of nerve fibers that run from the base of the skull to the coccyx. They are a major component of the sympathetic nervous system.
The sympathetic ganglia, or paravertebral ganglia, are autonomic ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. Ganglia are 20,000 to 30,000 afferent and...
Its smooth muscle is innervated by involuntary nerves (sympathetic nerves via the sympathetictrunk and parasympathetic nerves via the vagus nerve) and in...
of each the sympathetictrunk situated along either side of the midline. Autonomic ganglion Prevertebral plexus Dogiel cells Sympathetic (red) and parasympathetic...
sources, branches of the vagus nerve, and visceral branches of the sympathetictrunk. The esophageal plexus and the cardiac plexus contain the same types...
from nerves arising from the sympathetictrunk. These nerves act to influence, but not control, the heart rate. Sympathetic nerves also influence the force...
the sympathetictrunk in the thorax and travel inferiorly to provide sympathetic supply to the abdomen. The nerves contain preganglionic sympathetic fibers...
thoracic ganglia are paravertebral ganglia. The thoracic portion of the sympathetictrunk typically has 12 thoracic ganglia. Emerging from the ganglia are thoracic...
ganglia located in the inferior portion of the sympathetictrunk. The lumbar portion of the sympathetictrunk typically has 4 lumbar ganglia. The lumbar splanchnic...
thoracic nerve, and lateral to the first thoracic ganglion of the sympathetictrunk. In the first intercostal space, it gives off a branch which is distributed...
eventually enter the sympathetictrunk, a structure next to the vertebral column that consists of paired chains of sympathetic ganglia connected by nerve...
sensory fibers from the organs (visceral afferent fibers). All carry sympathetic fibers except for the pelvic splanchnic nerves, which carry parasympathetic...
behind, with the longus capitis, the superior cervical ganglion of the sympathetictrunk, and the superior laryngeal nerve; laterally, with the internal jugular...
complex network of nerves located in the abdomen, near where the celiac trunk, superior mesenteric artery, and renal arteries branch from the abdominal...
cervical vertebrae by the longus colli and longus capitis muscles, the sympathetictrunk being interposed between it and the muscles. The inferior thyroid...
sympathectomy (ETS) is a surgical procedure in which a portion of the sympathetic nerve trunk in the thoracic region is destroyed. ETS is used to treat excessive...
closely connected. The sympathetic component of the cardiac plexus comes from cardiac nerves, which originate from the sympathetictrunk. The parasympathetic...
arterial disease in which L2 and L3 ganglia along with intervening sympathetictrunk are removed leaving behind the L1 ganglion which is responsible for...
sympathetic fibers will enter into the sympathetictrunk and either synapse at the ganglion on the same level, or travel up or down the sympathetic trunk...
origins, by gray rami communicantes from the lumbar ganglia of the sympathetictrunk. These rami consist of long, slender branches which accompany the...
and largest of the cervical sympathetic ganglia of the sympathetictrunk. It probably formed by the union of four sympathetic ganglia of the cervical spinal...
hypogastric plexus to the sympathetictrunk in the pelvis. The sacral sympathetic nerves arise from the sacral part of the sympathetictrunk, emerging anteriorly...
Anatomy photo:31:07-0200 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center – "The SympatheticTrunk and Cervical Ganglia" Nosek, Thomas M. "Section 6/6ch2/s6ch2_30"....
The sacral ganglia are paravertebral ganglia of the sympathetictrunk.:39 As the sympathetictrunk heads inferiorly down the sacrum, it turns medially...
pre-ganglionic sympathetic neurons. The efferent, pre-ganglionic axons then leave the spinal cord to enter and ascend in the sympathetictrunk to reach the...
and the cardiac branches of the vagus and sympathetic, and by the subclavian loop of the sympathetictrunk which forms a ring around the vessel. The anterior...
around the spinal level of T1. The pre-ganglionic axons ascend in the sympathetictrunk to synapse at the superior cervical ganglion where the cell bodies...
the sympathetictrunk. Near the origin of the divisions, they are joined by gray rami communicantes from the lumbar ganglia of the sympathetictrunk. These...