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Spinal accessory   /spˈaɪnəl æksˈɛsəri/   Listen
Spinal accessory

noun
1.
Arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve.  Synonyms: accessory nerve, eleventh cranial nerve, nervus accessorius.






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... under this along the trachea to the larynx— the recurrent laryngeal nerve. The corresponding nerve on the right (r.x.b.) loops under the subclavian artery. The main vagus, after this branching, passes behind the heart to the oesophagus and along it to the stomach. XI., the spinal accessory, supplies certain of the neck nerves. XII., the hypoglossal, runs out of the skull by the condylar foramen (c.f.), is motor, crosses the roots of XI., X., and IX., passes ventral to the carotid, and breaks up among the muscles of the ...
— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells



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