external carotid nerve
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Introduction
Cephalic arterial ramus of the sympathetic trunk.
It carries sympathetic nerve fibers from the superior cervical ganglion to the external carotid artery to form the external carotid plexus.
More general terms
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999