| 1. | It derives its fibers from the sixth, seventh, and eighth cervical nerves.
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| 2. | The cervical nerves are the spinal nerves from the cervical vertebrae.
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| 3. | Anatomic structures innervated by cervical nerves C1-C3 have the potential to cause headache pain.
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| 4. | Foraminal stenosis at this joint is the most common cause of cervical nerve root pressure.
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| 5. | In rare cases when these nerves are also affected, cervical nerve branches can be used.
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| 6. | Although there are seven cervical vertebrae ( C1-C7 ), there are eight cervical nerves C8.
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| 7. | The cervical plexus is formed from a unification of the anterior divisions of the upper four cervical nerves.
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| 8. | This is because the supraclavicular nerves have the same cervical nerves origin as the phrenic nerve, C3 and C4.
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| 9. | All cervical nerves except C8 emerge above their corresponding vertebrae, while the C8 nerve emerges below the C7 vertebra.
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| 10. | The resulting pressure on my cervical nerves made my neck ache, but while the dominoes were falling, I wasn't getting any smarter.
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