Inferior cervical cardiac nerve

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| Name = Inferior cervical cardiac nerve

| Latin = nervus cardiacus cervicalis inferior{{Cite web |title=Anatonomina |url=http://terminologia-anatomica.org/en/Search?query=inferior%20cervical%20cardiac%20nerve |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=terminologia-anatomica.org}}

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| Caption = Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. (Lower cervical ganglion labeled at bottom right.)

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| Caption2 = Plan of right sympathetic cord and splanchnic nerves. (Inferior cervical ganglion labeled at upper right.)

| Innervates = Heart

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| BranchTo = Cardiac plexus

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The inferior cervical cardiac nerve arises from the stellate ganglion (cervicothoracic gangion), or from the ansa subclavia of the cervical sympathetic trunk. It passes along the posterior aspect of the brachiocephalic trunk on the right side of the body, and of the internal carotid artery on the left side. It terminates by joining the deep cardiac plexus.{{Cite web |title=nerf cardiaque cervical inférieur l.m. - Dictionnaire médical de l'Académie de Médecine |url=https://www.academie-medecine.fr/le-dictionnaire/index.php?q=nerf+cardiaque+cervical+inf%C3%A9rieur+l.m. |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=www.academie-medecine.fr}}

Posterior to the subclavian artery, it communicates freely with the recurrent nerve and the middle cardiac nerve.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}