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Common carotid plexus

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Common carotid plexus
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Identifiers
Latinplexus caroticus communis
TA98A14.3.03.003
TA26644
FMA67576
Anatomical terminology

The carotid plexus is a network of intersecting sympathetic nerves which run parallel to the carotid artery into the head.[1] They branch out from the superior cervical ganglia of the sympathetic chain. The lesser petrosal nerve receives sympathetic innervation from the carotid plexus along with parasympathetics from the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX).

References

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  1. ^ Gellért, A. (April 1934). "Ganglia of the Internal Carotid Plexus". Journal of Anatomy. 68 (Pt 3): 318–322. PMC 1249031. PMID 17104480.