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CERVICAL PLEXUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cervical plexus mean?
• CERVICAL PLEXUS (noun)
The noun CERVICAL PLEXUS has 1 sense:
1. a nerve plexus lying beneath the sternocleidomastoid muscle
Familiarity information: CERVICAL PLEXUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nerve plexus lying beneath the sternocleidomastoid muscle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
cervical plexus; plexus cervicalis
Hypernyms ("cervical plexus" is a kind of...):
nerve plexus (a network of intersecting nerves)
Context examples
Either of a pair of nerves that arise in the cervical plexus and provide innervation of the diaphragm.
(Phrenic nerve, NCI Thesaurus)
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