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Abstract
The 11th cranial nerve which originates from NEURONS in the MEDULLA and in the CERVICAL SPINAL CORD. It has a cranial root, which joins the VAGUS NERVE (10th cranial) and sends motor fibers to the muscles of the LARYNX, and a spinal root, which sends motor fibers to the TRAPEZIUS and the sternocleidomastoid muscles.
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- Cranial Nerve XI
- Eleventh Cranial Nerve
- Nerve XI
- Nervus Accessorius
- Spinal Accessory Nerve
- Accessorius, Nervus
- Accessory Nerve, Spinal
- Accessory Nerves
- Accessory Nerves, Spinal
- Cranial Nerve, Eleventh
- Cranial Nerves, Eleventh
- Eleventh Cranial Nerves
- Nerve XIs
- Nerve, Accessory
- Nerve, Eleventh Cranial
- Nerve, Spinal Accessory
- Nerves, Accessory
- Nerves, Eleventh Cranial
- Nerves, Spinal Accessory
- Spinal Accessory Nerves
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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neoplasm = ACCESSORY NERVE DISEASES (IM) + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Accessory Nerve. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000055. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000055
- Accessory Nerve. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory_nerve
- Accessory Nerve. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271987