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accessory nerve [ak′ses·ə·rē ‚nərv]

(neuroscience)

The eleventh cranial nerve in tetrapods, a paired visceral motor nerve; the bulbar part innervates the larynx and pharynx, and the spinal part innervates the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles.

Nerve, Accessory

(nervus accessorius, or nerve of Willis, after the English physician T. Willis, who first described it in 1664), the 11th pair of cranial nerves.

The accessory nerve originates in the medulla oblongata and the spinal cord. It emerges from the cranial cavity with the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves through the jugular foramen and supplies motor fibers to the sternocleidomastoid muscle on the neck (with unilateral contraction, this muscle inclines the head to the side and turns the face in the opposite direction) and to the trapezius muscle on the back (it raises the pectoral girdle and adducts the scapula). Some of the fibers of the accessory nerve are connected to the vagus nerve and with its branches reach the muscles of the soft palate, the pharynx, and the larynx.

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No references found	Spinal accessory nerve affecting the scapulae had major involvement and minimal motor function. The magnificent three: previously static stroke patients respond to ... by Bertolucci, Lawrence E. / Townsend Letter The spinal accessory nerve came out Thursday at the hands of Brion Benninger, a surgeon at Oregon Health and Science University, for use in the school's neurological studies - research that could expand what we know about the human brain. GREAT DISCOVERY by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) These include cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus supplying the skin overlying the posterior triangle; the platysma and omohyoid muscles; the spinal accessory nerve, which innervates the SCM and trapezius muscles; the deep cervical lymph nodes; the brachial plexus; and numerous arteries and veins--prominent is the external jugular vein (see Figure 2). The posterior triangle of the neck: where is scalenus anterior? by Kennedy, Ewan; Mercer, Susan / New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy	access-control register access-control words ACCESS.bus accessibility accessibility condition accessibility standards accessible accessible means of egress accessible route accessible space accession Accession of H.H. Sheikh Zayed as Ruler of Abu Dhabi accessorius accessory accessory bud accessory building accessory cell accessory chromosome accessory cloud accessory ejecta accessory element accessory fruit accessory gland accessory mineral accessory movement Accessory Nerve accessory pigments accessory plate accessory sexual characters accessory species accessory use Accho Accident accident block accident frequency rate Accident Prevention accident severity rate accident-cause code accident-prone accidental accidental air accidental ejecta accidental error accidental inclusion accidental point accidental species accidental whorl Accidents Accipiter Accipitridae Accius, Lucius	Accessory Left Superior Vena Cava accessory ligament accessory ligament accessory ligament accessory ligament Accessory Ligament of the Deep Digital Flexor Tendon Accessory Ligament of the Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon accessory lung accessory lung accessory lung accessory lymph nodes accessory lymph nodes accessory lymph nodes accessory mineral accessory mineral accessory minerals accessory minerals Accessory Mitral Valve Leaflet accessory movement accessory movement accessory movements accessory muscle accessory muscle of respiration Accessory muscles of the scapula Accessory muscles of the scapula Accessory muscles of the scapula Accessory muscles of the scapula (cat) Accessory muscles of the scapula (cat) Accessory muscles of the scapula (cat) accessory nasal sinuses Accessory Nerve Accessory nerve diseases Accessory nerve diseases Accessory nerve diseases Accessory nerves Accessory nerves Accessory nerves Accessory nidamental gland accessory o's of digestive system accessory o's of digestive system accessory o's of digestive system accessory o's of digestive system accessory obturator artery Accessory Olfactory Bulb Accessory Olfactory Bulb Removal Accessory olivary nuclei Accessory olivary nuclei Accessory olivary nucleus Accessory olivary nucleus Accessory organ accessory organs of the eye accessory ovary accessory ovary accessory ovary accessory oviduct accessory oviduct accessory oviduct Accessory pancreas accessory pancreatic duct accessory pancreatic duct accessory pancreatic duct

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Spinal accessory nerve affecting the scapulae had major involvement and minimal motor function.

The magnificent three: previously static stroke patients respond to ... by Bertolucci, Lawrence E. / Townsend Letter

The spinal accessory nerve came out Thursday at the hands of Brion Benninger, a surgeon at Oregon Health and Science University, for use in the school's neurological studies - research that could expand what we know about the human brain.

GREAT DISCOVERY by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

These include cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus supplying the skin overlying the posterior triangle; the platysma and omohyoid muscles; the spinal accessory nerve, which innervates the SCM and trapezius muscles; the deep cervical lymph nodes; the brachial plexus; and numerous arteries and veins--prominent is the external jugular vein (see Figure 2).

The posterior triangle of the neck: where is scalenus anterior? by Kennedy, Ewan; Mercer, Susan / New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy

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