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Recurrent laryngeal nerve

Type
Nerve
Japanese
反回神経
Reading
はんかいしんけい
English
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Latin
Nervus laryngeus recurrens
Also called
Inferior laryngeal nerve
Main functions
Phonation / Motor control

Connections

Branch of

  • Vagus nerve

Supplies

  • Aryepiglottic muscle
  • Inferior pharyngeal constrictor
  • Lateral cricoarytenoid
  • Oblique arytenoid
  • Posterior cricoarytenoid
  • Thyroarytenoid
  • Thyroepiglottic
  • Transverse arytenoid
  • Vocalis

Articles

A dedicated article on this structure is in preparation.

Also mentioned in

  • Pharyngeal constrictors: where they are and how they move food
  • Lateral and posterior cricoarytenoid: closing and opening the glottis
  • Oblique arytenoid muscle: X-shaped course, action and nerve
  • Aryepiglottic muscle: position, action and nerve supply
  • Vagus nerve: course, branches and functions
  • Transverse arytenoid muscle: location, action and nerve in 3D
  • Thyroepiglottic and thyroarytenoid muscles: position and function
  • Vocalis Muscle: Location, Action and Nerve Supply

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