accessory nerve

accessory nerve

n.

Either of the 11th pair of cranial nerves, which convey motor impulses to the pharynx and muscles of the upper thorax, back, and shoulders.

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accessory nerve

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) either one of the eleventh pair of cranial nerves, which supply the muscles of the head, shoulders, larynx, and pharynx and the viscera of the abdomen and thorax

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Noun

1.

accessory nerve - arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve eleventh cranial nerve, nervus accessorius, spinal accessory cranial nerve - any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem