A branch of the vagus nerve that supplies motor function and sensation to the larynx (voice box). It travels within the endoneurium. It is the nerve of the 6th Branchial Arch. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurrent_laryngeal_nerve ]
Synonyms: vagus X nerve recurrent laryngeal branch recurrent laryngeal nerve from vagus nerve
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- MESH:D012009
- GAID:804
- FMA:6246
- SCTID:24227007
- Wikipedia:Recurrent_laryngeal_nerve
- AAO:0010754
- VHOG:0001347
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human_reference_atlas
Term relations
Subclass of:
- laryngeal nerve
- BFO_0000002
- nerve of head region
- develops from some pharyngeal arch 6
- in taxon some Tetrapoda
- branching part of some vagus nerve
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