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    The superior laryngeal nerve is a branch of the vagus nerve. It arises from the middle of the inferior ganglion of the vagus nerve and additionally receives...
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    The recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is a branch of the vagus nerve (cranial nerve X) that supplies all the intrinsic muscles of the larynx, with the exception...
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    Larynx (redirect from Laryngeal diseases)
    innervated by the external laryngeal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve (a branch of the vagus). Additionally, intrinsic laryngeal muscles present a constitutive...
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    inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle and the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. It distributes twigs to the adjacent muscles, and numerous branches...
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  • Superior laryngeal may refer to: Superior laryngeal artery, a branch of the superior laryngeal artery Superior laryngeal nerve This disambiguation page...
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    Pharyngeal nerve Superior laryngeal nerve Aortic nerve Superior cervical cardiac branches of vagus nerve Inferior cervical cardiac branch Recurrent laryngeal nerve...
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    muscle of the larynx aiding with phonation. It is innervated by the superior laryngeal nerve. Its action tilts the thyroid forward to help tense the vocal cords...
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    innervation from the vagus nerve (CN X) via its external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve and its recurrent laryngeal nerve, and not through the pharyngeal...
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    thinner portions are pierced by the superior laryngeal vessels and the internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. Its anterior surface is in relation...
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  • impulses travel via the internal laryngeal nerve, a branch of the superior laryngeal nerve which stems from the vagus nerve (CN X) to the medulla of the brain...
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    the recurrent laryngeal nerve, the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve, or a combination of these (the recurrent laryngeal nerve being the most...
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    hypogastric plexus Superior labial nerve Superior laryngeal nerve Superior lateral cutaneous nerve of arm Superior mesenteric plexus Superior rectal plexus...
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    the superior laryngeal nerve, and a portion of the parotid gland. Posterior to it, near its origin, is the superior laryngeal nerve; and higher up, it is...
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    Vestibulocochlear nerve Vestibular nerve Cochlear nerve Glossopharyngeal nerve Tympanic nerve Tympanic plexus Lesser petrosal nerve Vagus nerve Superior laryngeal nerve...
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    recurrent laryngeal nerves are produced from the nerve of arch 5, and the laryngeal cartilages from arches 4 and 5. The superior laryngeal branch of the...
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    sympathetic trunk, and the superior laryngeal nerve; laterally, with the internal jugular vein and vagus nerve, the nerve lying on a plane posterior to...
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    receives parasympathetic nerve supply from the superior laryngeal nerve and the recurrent laryngeal nerve. There are many variants in the size and shape...
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    internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve may be seen; and, still more inferiorly, the external branch of the same nerve. The superior portion of the larynx...
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    recurrent laryngeal nerve as well as the internal laryngeal nerve, a branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. The internal laryngeal nerve supplies sensation...
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    Tongue (section Nerve supply)
    Taste and sensation: internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve (itself a branch of the vagus nerve, CN X) The tip of tongue drains to the submental...
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    Origin Insertion Artery Nerve Action Antagonist O TA occipitalis head, occipitofrontalis, back of skull (left/right) superior nuchal line of occipital...
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  • entirely by peripheral stimulation of the internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. This phase is voluntary and involves important cranial nerves:...
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    cranial nerve nuclei in the brain, and supplied by the recurrent laryngeal nerve and the superior laryngeal nerve, branches of the vagus nerve. The vocal...
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    external laryngeal nerve; lower down, one or two twigs from the vagus; and as it enters the thorax it is joined by a filament from the recurrent laryngeal nerve...
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  • also known as recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis or vocal fold paralysis, is an injury to one or both recurrent laryngeal nerves (RLNs), which control...
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    Vestibulocochlear nerve Vestibular nerve Cochlear nerve Glossopharyngeal nerve Tympanic nerve Tympanic plexus Lesser petrosal nerve Vagus nerve Superior laryngeal nerve...
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    inferior laryngeal artery - accompanied by the recurrent laryngeal nerve - passes superior-ward upon the trachea deep to the inferior pharyngeal constrictor...
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    vagus nerve as it enters the thorax. One nerve is the recurrent laryngeal nerve, which becomes the inferior laryngeal nerve. From the left vagus nerve the...
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  • superior gluteal artery superior jugular bulb superior laryngeal artery superior laryngeal nerve superior meatus superior mesenteric artery superior mesenteric...
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    larynx (along with the sixth pharyngeal arch). Nerve supplying these derivatives is Superior laryngeal nerve. Rudimentary structure, becomes part of the...
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