VAGOCERVICAL COMPLEX REPLACING AN ABSENT ANSA-CERVICALIS

Authors
RATH G ANAND C
Citation
G. Rath et C. Anand, VAGOCERVICAL COMPLEX REPLACING AN ABSENT ANSA-CERVICALIS, Surgical and radiologic anatomy, 16(4), 1994, pp. 441-443
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Surgical and radiologic anatomy → ACNP
ISSN journal
09301038
Volume
16
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
441 - 443
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-1038(1994)16:4<441:VCRAAA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Absence of the ansa cervicalis was noticed in only one out of 200 cada vers, and that only on the right side, where it was replaced by the va gocervical complex. This complex was formed by the vagus nerve with th e C1 and C2 components from the cervical plexus, giving off a descendi ng branch to supply the infrahyoid muscles of the neck.