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Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Peripheral Nerves > Cranial Nerves > Accessory Nerve

Preferred term

Accessory Nerve  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Accessorius, Nervus
  • Accessory Nerve, Spinal
  • Accessory Nerves, Spinal
  • Cranial Nerve, Eleventh
  • Cranial Nerves, Eleventh
  • Cranial Nerve XI
  • Eleventh Cranial Nerve
  • Eleventh Cranial Nerves
  • Nerve, Eleventh Cranial
  • Nerves, Eleventh Cranial
  • Nerve, Spinal Accessory
  • Nerves, Spinal Accessory
  • Nerve XI
  • Nerve XIs
  • Nervus Accessorius
  • Spinal Accessory Nerve
  • Spinal Accessory Nerves

Note

  • neoplasm = ACCESSORY NERVE DISEASES (IM) + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM)

Scope note

  • 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.

In other languages

  • lisähermo

    Finnish

  • 11. aivohermo
  • accessorius
  • n. accessorius
  • nervus accessorius
  • XI aivohermo
  • yhdestoista aivohermo
  • Accessorisk nerv

    Swedish

  • 11:e kranialnerv
  • Nervus accessorius

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000055

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