stellate (inferior cervical) ganglion

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Introduction

A paired sympathetic ganglion lying behind the subclavian artery near the origin of the vertebral artery

It is formed from the fusion of the inferior cervical ganglion at the level of the 7th cervical vertebra with the 1st thoracic ganglion.

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References

  1. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 412
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995