Blood Supply of the Human Cervical Sympathetic Chain and Ganglia

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 283-288

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,d   Salter, George ^b   Wellons III, John C ^c   Oakes, W Jerry ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Pediatric Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic system; Blood supply; Cervical; Human; Peripheral nerves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CADAVER; CERVICAL GANGLION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHIDROSIS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE GANGLION; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; GANGLIA; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0842305825     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ejom.40.5.283.28905     Document Type: Article

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