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Definition of Plexus cervicalis
1. Noun. A nerve plexus lying beneath the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
Medical Definition of Plexus cervicalis
1. A network of nerve fibres originating in the upper four cervical spinal cord segments. The cervical plexus distributes cutaneous nerves to parts of the neck, shoulders, and back of the head, and motor fibres to muscles of the cervical spinal column, infrahyoid muscles, and the diaphragm. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plexus Cervicalis
Literary usage of Plexus cervicalis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Laboratory Manual of Human Anatomy by Lewellys Franklin Barker, Dean De Witt Lewis, Daniel Graisberry Revell (1904)
"Find the rami musculares of the plexus cervicalis which run across the triangle
to disappear beneath the anterior margin of the M. trapezius. ..."
2. Mechanical Vibration and Its Therapeutic Application by Mary Lydia Hastings Arnold Snow (1904)
"... (Kami musculares of the plexus cervicalis et brachialis). ... et Ram.
musculares plexus cervicalis). 4. M. pectoralis minor (Nn. Thoracic! anteriores) ..."
3. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"... (Rami musculares of the plexus cervicalis et brachialis). 2. M.
sternocleidomastoideus (Ram. externas N. ..."
4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The cervical plexus (plexus cervicalis) (Cj-C^. 2. The brachial plexus (plexus
brachialis) (C8-Cg, and part of T,). (The other thoracic nerves ..."
5. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"Cervical Plexus (plexus cervicalis)—Fig. 80.—This plexus is formed by the anterior
primary divisions of the upper four cervical nerves. ..."
6. A Laboratory Manual of Human Anatomy by Lewellys Franklin Barker, Dean De Witt Lewis, Daniel Graisberry Revell (1904)
"Find the rami musculares of the plexus cervicalis which run across the triangle
to disappear beneath the anterior margin of the M. trapezius. ..."
7. Mechanical Vibration and Its Therapeutic Application by Mary Lydia Hastings Arnold Snow (1904)
"... (Kami musculares of the plexus cervicalis et brachialis). ... et Ram.
musculares plexus cervicalis). 4. M. pectoralis minor (Nn. Thoracic! anteriores) ..."
8. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"... (Rami musculares of the plexus cervicalis et brachialis). 2. M.
sternocleidomastoideus (Ram. externas N. ..."
9. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The cervical plexus (plexus cervicalis) (Cj-C^. 2. The brachial plexus (plexus
brachialis) (C8-Cg, and part of T,). (The other thoracic nerves ..."
10. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"Cervical Plexus (plexus cervicalis)—Fig. 80.—This plexus is formed by the anterior
primary divisions of the upper four cervical nerves. ..."
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