Stellate ganglion

A group of nerve cells in the neck, shaped like a star.


A star-shaped collection of sympathetic nerve cell bodies in the root of the neck, from which sympathetic nerve fibers are distributed to the face and neck and to the blood vessels and organs of the thorax.


A ganglion formed by joining of the inferior cervical ganglion with the first thoracic sympathetic ganglion.


 


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