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(Netter Basic Science) Frank H. Netter - Atlas of Human Anatomy-Elsevier (2018)

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Innervation of Heart: Schema

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Superior cervical ganglion

Posterior nucleus

of vagus nerve

(CN X)

Nuclei of

solitary tract

Superior cervical

(sympathetic) cardiac nerve

Medulla

oblongata

Middle cervical ganglion

Middle cervical

(sympathetic) cardiac nerve

Vertebral ganglion (variation)

Ansa subclavia

Vagus nerves (CN X)

Superior cervical

(vagal) cardiac branches

Inferior cervical

(vagal) cardiac branches

Ascending

connections

Cervicothoracic

(stellate) ganglion

1st intercostal

nerve

T1

Inferior cervical

cardiac nerve

Thoracic cardiac

branch of vagus

nerve (CN X)

2nd thoracic ganglion

T2

T3

T4

White ramus communicans

Gray ramus communicans

Thoracic (sympathetic)

cardiac branches

4th thoracic sympathetic ganglion

Preganglionic sympathetic fibers

Postganglionic sympathetic fibers

Preganglionic parasympathetic fibers

Postganglionic parasympathetic fibers

Visceral afferent accompanying

sympathetic fibers

Visceral afferent accompanying

parasympathetic fibers

Cardiac

plexus

Heart Plate 231

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