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internal carotid (sympathetic) plexus
sympathetic nervous plexus surrounding the internal carotid artery in the carotid canal & cavernous sinus
Branches:
1) tympanic plexus
2) sphenopalatine ganglion
3) abducens nerve
4) oculomotor nerve
5) ciliary ganglion
Related
ciliary ganglion; lenticular ganglion; Schacher's ganglion
cranial nerve VI; abducens nerve (CN VI)
internal carotid artery (ICA)
oculomotor nerve (CN III)
sphenopalatine (pterygopalatine) ganglion
tympanic plexus
General
plexus
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
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