Transverse cervical nerve

The transverse cervical nerve ( " cross -leveling neck nerve" ) is a spinal nerve of the cervical part of the spinal cord and the sensory supply to the skin of the throat responsible.

Its origins fibers arise from the second and third cervical segment (C2 and C3) and participate in the formation of the neck braid ( cervical plexus ). After isolation from the neck braid he moved to the sternocleidomastoid muscle and perforated at the Erb's point, the deep cervical fascia. Then he pulls under the platysma along with the transversalis colli artery horizontally across the neck and it divides into anterior and posterior branches.

The transverse cervical nerve is a purely sensory nerve and innervates the lateral and anterior skin of the neck.

Endangers the nerve is used in operations on the neck, for example in the operation of a carotid artery.

• Peripheral Nervous System