Heart
Plate223
NervesofHeart
Right vagus nerve (X)
Superior cervical
ganglion
(Conjoined sympathetic and
vagal) superior cervical cardiac nerves
Middle cervical ganglion
Middle cervical
(sympathetic) cardiac nerve
Phrenic nerve
Inferior cervical
(vagal) cardiac branch
Vertebral ganglion
Inferior thyroid artery
Vertebral artery
Cervicothoracic
(stellate) ganglion
Ansa subclavia
Right recurrent
laryngeal nerve
Inferior cervical
(sympathetic) cardiac nerves
Thoracic cardiac branch
of vagus nerve
4th thoracic ganglion
Thoracic (sympathetic)
cardiac branches
Cardiac plexus (deep)
Phrenic nerve (
cut
)
Superior cervical
ganglion
Left vagus nerve (X)
Superior cervical
(sympathetic) cardiac nerve
Superior cervical
(vagal) cardiac branch
Middle cervical ganglion
Phrenic nerve
Middle cervical
(sympathetic) cardiac nerve
Inferior cervical
(vagal) cardiac branch
Vertebral ganglion
Cervicothoracic
(stellate) ganglion
Inferior cervical
sympathetic
cardiac nerves
3rd thoracic
ganglion
Thoracic (sympathetic)
cardiac branches
Thoracic cardiac
branch of
vagus nerve
Left recurrent
laryngeal nerve
