cardiac nerve
noun
: any of the three nerves connecting the cervical ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system with the cardiac plexus:
a
: one arising especially from the inferior cervical ganglion or the stellate ganglion
called also inferior cardiac nerve
b
: one arising especially from the middle cervical ganglion
called also middle cardiac nerve
c
: one arising especially from the superior cervical ganglion
called also superior cardiac nerve
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