recurrent laryngeal nerve

noun

Definitions

  1. One of two branches of the vagus nerve that arises below the larynx, loops under the…

    One of two branches of the vagus nerve that arises below the larynx, loops under the subclavian artery on the right side and under the arch of the aorta on the left, and returns upward to the larynx to supply all the muscles of the thyroid except the cricothyroid muscle.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for recurrent laryngeal nerve. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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