Review of the external carotid plexus: anatomy, function, and clinical manifestations

The external carotid plexus is a combination of postganglionic sympathetic fibers derived from the superior cervical ganglion. This plexus travels along the external carotid artery and continues onto the artery’s branches. The external carotid plexus plays an important role in innervating the mid an...

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Autores principales: Razipour, Shadi E., Zarrintan, Sina, Mathkour, Mansour, Iwanaga, Joe, Dumont, Aaron S., Tubbs, R. Shane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Korean Association of Anatomists 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8225485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33731490
http://dx.doi.org/10.5115/acb.20.308
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description The external carotid plexus is a combination of postganglionic sympathetic fibers derived from the superior cervical ganglion. This plexus travels along the external carotid artery and continues onto the artery’s branches. The external carotid plexus plays an important role in innervating the mid and lower face. Therefore, implications to the plexus may result in facial abnormalities. Herein, we review the anatomy, function, and review its clinical applications.
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spelling pubmed-82254852021-07-07 Review of the external carotid plexus: anatomy, function, and clinical manifestations Razipour, Shadi E. Zarrintan, Sina Mathkour, Mansour Iwanaga, Joe Dumont, Aaron S. Tubbs, R. Shane Anat Cell Biol Review Article The external carotid plexus is a combination of postganglionic sympathetic fibers derived from the superior cervical ganglion. This plexus travels along the external carotid artery and continues onto the artery’s branches. The external carotid plexus plays an important role in innervating the mid and lower face. Therefore, implications to the plexus may result in facial abnormalities. Herein, we review the anatomy, function, and review its clinical applications. Korean Association of Anatomists 2021-06-30 2021-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8225485/ /pubmed/33731490 http://dx.doi.org/10.5115/acb.20.308 Text en Copyright © 2021. Anatomy & Cell Biology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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