Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Sympathetic Division: Supreme Splanchnic Nerve

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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Sympathetic Division

Supreme Splanchnic Nerve

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed

Wrisberg observed a supreme splanchnic nerve eight times in a "large number" of bodies. It was described as being formed by branches from cardiac nerves, and from lower cervical and upper thoracic ganglia.

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