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Nerve: Internal carotid plexus
Sympathetic connections of the ciliary and superior cervical ganglia. (Carotid plexus visible center top.)
Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. (Carotid plexus visible center top.)
Latin	plexus caroticus internus
Gray's	subject #215 977
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The internal carotid plexus (carotid plexus) is situated on the lateral side of the internal carotid artery, and in the plexus there occasionally exists a small gangliform swelling, the carotid ganglion, on the under surface of the artery.

The internal carotid plexus communicates with the semilunar ganglion, the abducent nerve, and the sphenopalatine ganglion; it distributes filaments to the wall of the carotid artery, and also communicates with the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve.

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Nerves of the orbit, and the ciliary ganglion. Side view.

Pathways in the Ciliary Ganglion.

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sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system HEAD/parasympathetic ganglion: ciliary ganglion (short ciliary nerves) - pterygopalatine ganglion (nerve of pterygoid canal) - submandibular ganglion - otic ganglion NECK: cavernous plexus - cervical ganglia: (superior, middle, inferior), stellate ganglion, internal carotid THORAX: thoracic splanchnic nerves, cardiac plexus, superior cardiac nerve, middle cardiac nerve, inferior cardiac nerve sympathetic trunks (white ramus communicans, gray ramus communicans) - collateral ganglia - sympathetic ganglion ABDOMEN: inferior mesenteric - hepatic - splenic - gastric - pancreatic - suprarenal hypogastric: superior hypogastric - inferior hypogastric - vesical - prostatic - uterovaginal, lumbar splanchnic, sacral splanchnic, celiac: celiac ganglia - aorticorenal - renal - spermatic/ovarian - superior mesenteric - aortic plexus Enteric nervous system: Meissner's plexus • Auerbach's plexus PELVIS: ganglion impar, pelvic splanchnic

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