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Internal carotid plexus

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Internal carotid plexus
Sympathetic connections of the ciliary and superior cervical ganglia. (Carotid plexus visible center top.) Note that the label "Sympathetic Efferent Fibres" above the nerves arising in the midbrain is an error. This label should read "Parasympathetic Efferent Fibres" as the sphincter pupillæ and ciliary muscle are innervated only by parasympathetic fibres.
Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. (Carotid plexus visible center top.)
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Latin	plexus caroticus internus
TA98	A14.3.03.004
TA2	6645
FMA	67533
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

Theinternal carotid plexus is anerve plexus situated upon the lateral side of theinternal carotid artery. It is composed of post-ganglionic sympathetic fibres which have synapsed at (i.e. have their nerve cell bodies at) thesuperior cervical ganglion. The plexus gives rise to thedeep petrosal nerve.^[1]

Postganglionic sympathetic fibres ascend from thesuperior cervical ganglion, along the walls of the internal carotid artery, to enter the internal carotid plexus. These fibres are then distributed to deep structures, including thesuperior tarsal muscle andpupillary dilator muscle.^[2] It includes fibres destined for thepupillary dilator muscle as part of a neural circuit regulatingpupillary dilatation component of thepupillary reflex.^[3] Some fibres of the plexus converge to form thedeep petrosal nerve.^[4]

The internal carotid plexus communicates with thetrigeminal ganglion, theabducent nerve, and thepterygopalatine ganglion (also named sphenopalatine); it distributes filaments to the wall of theinternal carotid artery, and also communicates with thetympanic branch of theglossopharyngeal nerve.^{[citation needed]}

The plexus there occasionally presents a small gangliform swelling - thecarotid ganglion - on the under surface of the artery.^{[citation needed]}

This article incorporates text in thepublic domain frompage 977 of the 20th edition ofGray's Anatomy(1918)

^Goosmann, Madeline M.; Dalvin, Mark (2023),"Anatomy, Head and Neck, Deep Petrosal Nerve",StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing,PMID 30521238, retrieved2023-07-31
^Hal Blumenfeld, "Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases", Sinauer Associates, 2002, p543
^Patestas, Maria A.; Gartner, Leslie P. (2016).A Textbook of Neuroanatomy (2nd ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 367.ISBN 978-1-118-67746-9.
^Richard L. Drake, Wayne Vogel & Adam W M Mitchell, "Gray's Anatomy for Students", Elsevier inc., 2005

Sympathetic	Cervical ganglia:roots long ciliary Deep petrosal
Parasympathetic	Ciliary ganglion Roots Short ciliary Pterygopalatine ganglion deep petrosal nerve of pterygoid canal branches of distribution:greater palatine inferior posterior nasal branches lesser palatine nasopalatine medial superior posterior nasal branches pharyngeal Submandibular ganglion Otic ganglion

Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia:Cervical ganglia Superior Middle Inferior Stellate ganglion prevertebral plexus:Cavernous plexus Internal carotid

Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia:Thoracic ganglia prevertebral plexus:Cardiac plexus Esophageal plexus Pulmonary plexus Thoracic aortic plexus splanchnic nerves:cardiopulmonary thoracic cardiac nerves:Superior Middle Inferior

Sympathetic

Sympathetic	paravertebral ganglia:Sacral ganglia Ganglion impar splanchnic nerves:Sacral splanchnic nerves
Parasympathetic	splanchnic nerves:Pelvic splanchnic nerves

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