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Cervical plexus   /sˈərvəkəl plˈɛksəs/   Listen
Cervical plexus

noun
1.
A nerve plexus lying beneath the sternocleidomastoid muscle.  Synonym: plexus cervicalis.






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"Cervical plexus" Quotes from Famous Books



... boatswain, Henry, is a wise counselor," remarked Ichi, proving the acuteness of his hearing. "You are to be congratulated, Mr. Blake. One does not usually recover with such admirable quickness from the effects of the cervical plexus hold my man, Moto, practised upon you. And you, my good boatswain—it is with great pleasure that I perceive the workings of Fate have chastened the—er, boisterousness I remember so well from the days of ...
— Fire Mountain - A Thrilling Sea Story • Norman Springer

... systemic nerves. Cervical plexus.—Evidence of injury to the superficial branches of the cervical plexus was not rare; thus I saw cases of small occipital anaesthesia, and great occipital neuralgia, but none of motor paralysis from injury to the deeper muscular branches. I take it that the smallness of the branches, and the multiple supply possessed ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins



Words linked to "Cervical plexus" :   nerve plexus



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