Branches
The cervical plexus has two types of branches: cutaneous and muscular.
- Cutaneous (4 branches):
- Lesser occipital nerve - innervates lateral part of occipital region (C2 ONLY)
- Great auricular nerve - innervates skin near concha auricle and external acoustic meatus (C2&C3)
- Transverse cervical nerve - innervates anterior region of neck (C2&C3)
- Supraclavicular nerves - innervate region of supraspinatus, shoulder, and upper thoracic region (C3,C4)
- Muscular
- Ansa cervicalis (loop formed from C1-C3), etc. (geniohyoid (C1 only), thyrohyoid (C1 only), sternothyroid, sternohyoid, omohyoid)
- Phrenic (C3-C5 (primarily C4))-innervates diaphragm and the pericardium
- Segmental branches (C1-C4)- innervates anterior and middle scalenes
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