Cervical enlargement

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Cervical enlargement
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Diagrams of the medulla spinalis. (Cervical enlargement labeled at upper right.)
Latin intumescentia cervicalis
Gray's subject #185 752
Dorlands/Elsevier i_11/12457947

The cervical enlargement corresponds with the attachments of the large nerves which supply the upper limbs.

It extends from about the third cervical to the second thoracic vertebra, its maximum circumference (about 38 mm.) being on a level with the attachment of the sixth pair of cervical nerves.

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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.


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