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
accessory nerve in American English
noun
Anatomy
either one of the eleventh pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers from the spinal cord that innervate the pharyngeal, trapezius, and sternocleidomastoid muscles, and motor fibers from the brain that join the vagus to innervate the thoracic and abdominal viscera
Also called: spinal accessory nerve
Word origin
[1835–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: basic, crosshead, hot plate, hybridize, protein
Examples of 'accessory nerve' in a sentence
accessory nerve
Subscapular nerves were the most varied structure, including the presence of a novel accessory nerve.
Ramirez Luis, Ballesteros Luis 2007, 'Variations of the origin of collateral branches emerging from the posterior aspectof the brachial plexus', Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injuryhttp://www.JBPPNI.com/content/2/1/14. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The branching patterns of the spinal accessory nerve and arterial patterns were normal.
Humberto Ferreira Arquez 2017, 'Muscular Variation In The Neck Region With Narrowing Of The Minor And Major SupraclavicularFossa', International Archives of Medicinehttp://imedicalsociety.org/ojs/index.php/iam/article/view/2328. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The second accessory nerve passes along the base of the inner tentacles.
Elena N. Temereva, Tatyana V. Kuzmina 2017, 'The first data on the innervation of the lophophore in the rhynchonelliform brachiopodHemithiris psittacea: what is the ground pattern of the lophophore in lophophorates?',BMC Evolutionary Biologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-1029-5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nerves outside the plexus especially the spinal accessory nerve are involved.
Patel M, Mahajan A, Desai S 1990, 'Neuralgic amyotrophy: a long term follow-up of four cases.', Journal of Postgraduate Medicinehttp://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=1990;volume=36;issue=2;spage=112;epage=4;aulast=Patel. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The symptoms were considered to result from the right isolated accessory nerve palsy.
Hisayasu Saito, Satoshi Kuroda, Shunsuke Terasaka, Takeshi Asano, Naoki Nakayama,Kiyohiro Houkin 2013, 'Reversible Isolated Accessory Nerve Palsy due to a Large Thrombosed Vertebral Aneurysm',Case Reports in Neurologyhttp://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/354596. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The literature review confirms the extremely rare diagnosis of a duplicated accessory nerve.
Eleni Papagianni, Panagiota Kosmidou, Sotiria Fergadaki, Athanasios Pallantzas, PanagiotisSkandalakis, Dimitrios Filippou 2018, 'Spinal Accessory Nerve Duplication: A Case Report and Literature Review', Case Reports in Otolaryngologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1027831. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Here, the authors present a rare case of schwannomatosis affecting the left spinal accessory nerve.
Ramin A. Morshed, Anthony T. Lee, Young M. Lee, Cynthia T. Chin, Line Jacques 2019, 'Schwannomatosis of the Spinal Accessory Nerve: A Case Report', Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injuryhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1685457. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The accessory nerve and its branches to the trapezius were secured.
Singh Arun, Karki Durga 2007, 'Modified trapezius transfer technique for restoration of shoulder abduction in brachialplexus injury', Indian Journal of Plastic Surgeryhttp://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2007;volume=40;issue=1;spage=39;epage=46;aulast=Singh. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The patient was free from pain and improved her neurological status with no accessory nerve palsy.
Roger Schmidt Brock, Marcelo Viana da Silva Barroso, Iuri Santana Neville, MarcosQueiroz Teles Gomes, Alberto Capel Cardoso, Mario Augusto Taricco, Manoel JacobsenTeixeira 2018, 'XI cranial nerve cervical schwannoma – Case report', Brazilian Neurosurgeryhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1626267. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The most frequent complication was marginal mandibular nerve injury (5.5%), followed by accessory nerve injury (5.1%).
Rogério Aparecido Dedivitis, André Vicente Guimarães, Elio Gilberto PfuetzenreiterJr, Mario Augusto Ferrari de Castro 2011, 'Complicações dos esvaziamentos cervicais Neck dissection complications', Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942011000100011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)