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cervical plexus

American  

noun

  1. a network of nerves branching from the spinal nerves of the neck region and innervating the neck, chest, diaphragm, and part of the face.


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The cervical plexus supplies nerves to the posterior head and neck, as well as to the diaphragm.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The inframaxillary branches of the facial, the hypoglossal and its descending branches, and the motor branches of the deep cervical plexus, are also liable to be injured.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

One does not usually recover with such admirable quickness from the effects of the cervical plexus hold my man, Moto, practised upon you.

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman

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