Preferred Label : accessory nerve;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : accessory nerves, spinal; spinal accessory nerve; nerve, spinal accessory; nerve, eleventh cranial; accessory nerve, spinal; eleventh cranial nerve; cranial nerve xi; accessory nerves; nerves, accessory; spinal accessory nerves; nerves, eleventh cranial; nerve, accessory; eleventh cranial nerves; cranial nerve, eleventh; cranial nerves, eleventh; nerves, spinal accessory; Nerve XI; Nerve XIs; Nervus Accessorius; Accessorius, Nervus;
MeSH annotation : neoplasm ACCESSORY NERVE DISEASES (IM) CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) histological
type of neoplasm (IM);
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory nerve;
Origin ID : D000055;
UMLS CUI : C0000905;
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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.