They are located laterally to the transverse processes between prevertebral muscles from the medial side and vertebral (m. scalenus, m. levator scapulae, m. splenius cervicis) from lateral side.
Postganglionic nerve fibres from the paravertebral ganglia are carried directly to their effector organs through spinal nerves, while preganglionic nerve fibres are carried to the prevertebral ganglia.
Lymph from these organs is drained to the prevertebral celiac nodes at the origin of the celiac artery from the aorta.
On one side it is bounded by the prevertebral fascia.
A rare prevertebral ordinary lipoma presenting as obstructive sleep apnea: computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
The nerves that synapse in the prevertebral ganglia innervate the pelvic viscera.
Sympathetic ganglia are located in two sympathetic chains close to the spinal cord: the prevertebral and pre-aortic chains.
In this case, presynaptic neurons pass through paraverterbral ganglia, on through prevertebral ganglia and then synapse directly with suprarenal tissue.
