Mediastinum
3
Plate236
NervesofEsophagus
Anterior
view
Esophagus
Recurrent laryngeal
nerves
Right recurrent
laryngeal nerve
Ansa subclavia
3rd
intercostal
nerve
Gray and
white rami
communicantes
3rd thoracic
ganglion
Thoracic
sympathetic
trunk
Right greater
splanchnic nerve
Sympathetic
fibers along
left inferior
phrenic artery
Branch of
posterior vagal
trunk to celiac
plexus
Greater
splanchnic
nerves
Sympathetic
fibers along
esophageal
branch of left
gastric artery
Celiac plexus
and ganglia
Superior ganglion of vagus nerve
Superior cervical ganglion
Inferior ganglion of vagus nerve
Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve
Vagus nerve (X)
Superior laryngeal nerve
Cervical sympathetic trunk
Middle cervical ganglion
Cervical (sympathetic and vagal) cardiac nerves
Cardiac plexus
Vertebral ganglion
Ansa subclavia
Branch to esophagus and recurrent
nerve from stellate ganglion
Cervicothoracic (stellate)
ganglion
Left recurrent laryngeal nerve
Thoracic (vagal
and sympathetic)
cardiac branches
Pulmonary plexuses
Esophageal plexus
(anterior portion)
Branches to esophageal
plexus from sympathetic
trunk, greater splanchnic
nerve, and thoracic aortic
plexus
Left greater splanchnic
nerve
Vagal branch to hepatic plexus
via lesser omentum
Principal anterior vagal branch
to lesser curvature of stomach
Vagal branch to fundus
and body of stomach
Anterior vagal trunk
Posterior
view
Esophageal
plexus
(posterior
portion)
Posterior
vagal trunk
Vagal branch
to celiac plexus
Vagal branch
to fundus and
cardiac part
of stomach
Posterior vagal
branch to
lesser
curvature
