cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerve

Introduction

Visceral branches of the sympathetic trunk conveying postsynaptic sympathetic fibers from the prevertebral ganglia to the viscera located above the diaphragm, largely via the cardiac plexus, pulmonary plexus & esophageal plexus.

Visceral afferent fibers are carried in the reverse direction.

More general terms

• splanchnic nerve

More specific terms

• cervical splanchnic nerve (augmentor nerve)
• thoracic pulmonary branch of thoracic ganglia
• upper thoracic splanchnic nerve (thoracic cardiac branches of thoracic ganglia)

Components

• thoracic splanchnic nerve