Spinal accessory nucleus
(Redirected from Accessory nucleus)
| Spinal accessory nucleus | |
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| File:Gray696.png The cranial nerve nuclei schematically represented; dorsal view. Motor nuclei in red; sensory in blue. (Spinal accessory nucleus is at "XI".) | |
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| Identifiers | |
| Latin | nucleus nervi accessorii, nucleus spinalis nervi accessorii |
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| TH | {{#property:P1694}} |
| TE | {{#property:P1693}} |
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| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [[[d:Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 865: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|edit on Wikidata]]] | |
The spinal accessory nucleus lies within the cervical spinal cord (C1-C5) in the posterolateral aspect of the anterior horn. The nucleus ambiguus is classically said to provide the "cranial component" of the accessory nerve. However, the very existence of this cranial component has been recently questioned and seen as contributing exclusively to the vagus nerve.
The terminology continues to be used in describing both human anatomy,[1] and that of other animals.[2]
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Nuclei of origin of cranial motor nerves schematically represented; lateral view.
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Primary terminal nuclei of the afferent (sensory) cranial nerves schematically represented; lateral view.
