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Cervical enlargement
Diagrams of the medulla spinalis. (Cervical enlargement labeled at upper right.)
Details
Identifiers
Latinintumescentia cervicalis
TA98A14.1.02.002
TA26050
FMA74893
Anatomical terminology

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The cervical enlargement corresponds with the attachments of the large nerves which supply the upper limbs.

Located just above the brachial plexus, it extends from about the fifth cervical to the first thoracic vertebra, its maximum circumference (about 38 mm.) being on a level with the attachment of the sixth pair of cervical nerves.

The reason behind the enlargement of the cervical region is because of the increased neural input and output to the upper limbs.

An analogous region in the lower limbs occurs at the lumbar enlargement.

References[edit]

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 752 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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