Editing Cervical plexus (section)

{{Short description|Network of nerves in the neck}}
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{{Infobox Nerve
| Name         = Cervical plexus 
|Latin        = plexus cervicalis
|Image        = Gray784.png 
|Caption      = Dermatome distribution of the trigeminal nerve (Superficial cervical plexus visible in purple, at center bottom.) 
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|BranchFrom   = [[Cervical nerves|C1-C4]] 
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The '''cervical plexus''' is a [[plexus|nerve plexus]] of the [[anterior rami]] of the first (i.e. upper-most) four [[cervical spinal nerve]]s C1-C4.<ref name=":224">{{Cite book |last=Standring |first=Susan |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1201341621 |title=Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice |year=2020 |isbn=978-0-7020-7707-4 |edition=42nd |location=New York |pages=595–596 |oclc=1201341621}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last1=Donofrio|first1=P. D.|title=Neuropathies, Iatrogenic|date=2014-01-01|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123851574006795|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences (Second Edition)|pages=481–484|editor-last=Aminoff|editor-first=Michael J.|place=Oxford|publisher=Academic Press|language=en|doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-385157-4.00679-5|isbn=978-0-12-385158-1|access-date=2020-10-25|last2=Clarke|first2=C. D.|editor2-last=Daroff|editor2-first=Robert B.|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Cesmebasi|first=Alper|title=Chapter 31 - Anatomy of the Cervical Plexus and Its Branches|date=2015-01-01|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124103900000329|work=Nerves and Nerve Injuries|pages=441–449|editor-last=Tubbs|editor-first=R. Shane|place=San Diego|publisher=Academic Press|language=en|doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-410390-0.00032-9|isbn=978-0-12-410390-0|access-date=2020-10-25|editor2-last=Rizk|editor2-first=Elias|editor3-last=Shoja|editor3-first=Mohammadali M.|editor4-last=Loukas|editor4-first=Marios|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last1=Jo|first1=Jasmin|title=Chapter 26 - Metastatic Disease and the Nervous System|date=2014-01-01|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124077102000266|work=Aminoff's Neurology and General Medicine (Fifth Edition)|pages=539–562|editor-last=Aminoff|editor-first=Michael J.|place=Boston|publisher=Academic Press|language=en|doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-407710-2.00026-6|isbn=978-0-12-407710-2|access-date=2020-10-25|last2=Schiff|first2=David|s2cid=78276004 |editor2-last=Josephson|editor2-first=S. Andrew|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The cervical plexus provides motor innervation to some muscles of the neck, and the [[Thoracic diaphragm|diaphragm]]; it provides sensory innervation to parts of the head, neck, and chest.<ref name=":224" />