cervical splanchnic nerve (augmentor nerve)

Introduction

Visceral branches of the sympathetic trunk, arising from the superior cervical ganglia, middle cervical ganglia, & inferior cervical ganglia (stellate ganglia).

Branches

• superior cervical cardiac nerve
• middle cervical cardiac nerve
• inferior cervical cardiac nerve

More general terms

• cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerve

More specific terms

• inferior cervical cardiac nerve
• middle cervical cardiac nerve
• superior cervical cardiac nerve
• upper thoracic splanchnic nerve (thoracic cardiac branches of thoracic ganglia)