English Explanatory Dictionary

recurrent laryngeal nerve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of two branches of the vagus nerve that arises below the larynx, loops under the subclavian artery on the right side and under the arch of the aorta on the left, and returns upward to the larynx to supply all the muscles of the thyroid except the cricothyroid muscle.

Word forms

recurrent laryngeal nerve recurrent laryngeal nerves

Synonyms

recurrent nerve inferior laryngeal nerve
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