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  2. Thoracic ganglia - Wikipedia

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    The thoracic ganglia are paravertebral ganglia.The thoracic portion of the sympathetic trunk typically has 12 thoracic ganglia.Emerging from the ganglia are thoracic splanchnic nerves (the cardiopulmonary, the greater, lesser, and least splanchnic nerves) that help provide sympathetic innervation to thoracic and abdominal structures.

  3. Sympathetic ganglia - Wikipedia

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    There are usually 22–23 pairs of these ganglia: three cervical ganglia, 12 thoracic ganglia (the stellate ganglion (cervicothoracic) is formed from the fusion of the first thoracic ganglion with the inferior cervical ganglion), four lumbar ganglia, and four or five sacral ganglia. In the area of the coccyx there is a small ganglion impar. The ...

  4. Thoracic splanchnic nerves - Wikipedia

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    Its fibers synapse at the celiac ganglia. [4] The nerve contributes to the celiac plexus , a network of nerves located in the vicinity of where the celiac trunk branches from the abdominal aorta . The greater splanchnic nerve modulates the activity of the enteric nervous system of the foregut .

  5. Stellate ganglion - Wikipedia

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    The stellate ganglion (or cervicothoracic ganglion [1]) is a sympathetic ganglion formed by the fusion of the inferior cervical ganglion and the first thoracic (superior thoracic sympathetic) ganglion, [2] which is present in 80% of individuals. Sometimes, the second and the third thoracic ganglia are included in this fusion.

  6. Autonomic nervous system - Wikipedia

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    paravertebral ganglia (3) of the sympathetic chain (these run on either side of the vertebral bodies) cervical ganglia (3) thoracic ganglia (12) and rostral lumbar ganglia (2 or 3) caudal lumbar ganglia and sacral ganglia; prevertebral ganglia (celiac ganglion, aorticorenal ganglion, superior mesenteric ganglion, inferior mesenteric ganglion)

  7. Peripheral nervous system - Wikipedia

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    Cranial nerve ganglia, as with all ganglia, ... In humans, there are 31 pairs of spinal nerves: 8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, and 1 coccygeal. These ...

  8. Cardiopulmonary nerves - Wikipedia

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    All major sympathetic cardiopulmonary nerves arise from the stellate ganglia and the caudal halves of the cervical sympathetic trunks below the level of the cricoid cartilage. Parasympathetic cardiopulmonary nerves arise from the recurrent laryngeal nerves and the thoracic vagus immediately distal to them. These interconnect with the ...

  9. White ramus communicans - Wikipedia

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    Each of the thoracic, and the first and second lumbar nerves contribute a white ramus communicans to the adjoining sympathetic ganglion, unlike the gray rami which are located at each spinal level. [1] White rami communicantes contain both myelinated and unmyelinated preganglionic sympathetic fibers, (GVE and GVA). The white ramus appears white ...