The heart is innervated by autonomic nerve fibers which arise from the cardiac plexus, located on the bifurcation of the trachea.
Figure 1. Nerve conduction of the heart (Credit: OpenStax, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Description
The cardiac plexus can be divided into superficial and deep cardiac plexus.
Sperficial cardiac plexus
Description
Sperficial cardiac plexus
Deep cardiac plexus
Origin
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
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