Anatomical consideration to an acupuncture near the middle cervical or the vertebral ganglia.
10.3777/jjsam.39.185
- VernacularTitle:中頚神経節並びに椎骨動脈神経節近傍への刺針に関する解剖学的検討
- Author:
Tomohumi OZAKI
;
Seiichiro KITAMURA
;
Shungo MORI
;
Ikiko TAKESITA
;
Yasukiyo NISHIZAKI
;
Yukie UESHIMA
;
Tetuo TATUMI
;
Mituo GOUDA
;
Akira SAKAI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
1989;39(2):185-194
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
The incidences of the middle cervical and the vertebral ganglia and their sizes were investigated bilaterally during dissection of 18 cadavers. Furthermore, the positional relations of each ganglion to the vertebral column, the point Tentotsu, the anterior tubercle of the sixth cervical (C6) vertebra, and the cricoid cartilage were investigated along with the relations of the anterior tubercle of the C6 vertebra to the point Tentotsu and the cricoid cartilage. The middle cervical ganglion was 14, 4 and 2mm in average length, width and thickness, respectively, on the right, and on the left these values were 14, 5 and 2mm. The ganglion was found in about half the cases, and it was located at about the level of the cricoid cartilage and close laterally and above to the anterior tubercle of the C6 vertebra. In the cases lacking the middle cervical ganglion, the sympathetic trunk passed immediately medial to the tubercle. The vertebral ganglion was found in almost all cases, with its mean size 8, 5 and 3mm on the right and 9, 5 and 2mm on the left in lenght, width and thickness, respectively. The ganglion was included in many cases within a range 15 to 30mm lateral and 20 (the left) or 25 (the right) to 45mm above the point Tentotsu, and it lay at the level of the C7 vertebra. The anterior tubercle of the C6 vertebra was within a range 20 to 30mm lateral to that point, and in the upper to lower direction, it lay at the level slightly upper than the cricoid cartilage in the male and at about the level of the cartilage in the female.
