See Also: upper thoracic splanchnic nerves(medicine)
thoracic splanchnic nerves(medicine)
Splanchnic nerves(medicine)
pelvic splanchnic nerves(medicine)
abdominopelvic splanchnic nerves(medicine)
sacral splanchnic nerves(medicine)
lumbar splanchnic nerves(medicine)
cervical splanchnic nerves(medicine)
cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerves(medicine)
thoracic nerves(medicine)

upper thoracic splanchnic nerves (medicine)


upper thoracic splanchnic nerves -->
thoracic cardiac nerves
Part of the cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerves from the second to fifth segments of the thoracic sympathetic trunk that pass medially and anteriorly to enter the cardiac plexus; they convey postsynaptic sympathetic fibres to, and visceral afferent (pain) fibres from, the heart.

Synonym: nervi cardiaci thoracici, upper thoracic splanchnic nerves.