transverse cervical nerve

trans·verse cer·vi·cal nerve

[TA]

a branch of the cervical plexus that supplies the skin over the anterior triangle of the neck.

Synonym(s): nervus transversus colli [TA], nervus transversus cervicalis ☆ , cutaneous cervical nerve, nervus cervicalis superficialis, superficial cervical nerve, transverse nerve of neck

transverse cervical nerve

a branch of the cervical plexus arising from the anterior rami of the second and third cervical nerves that provides cutaneous innervation to the neck.

trans·verse cer·vi·cal nerve

(trans-vĕrs' sĕr'vi-kăl nĕrv) [TA]

A branch of the cervical plexus that supplies the skin over the anterior triangle of the neck.
Synonym(s): nervus transversus colli [TA] .