The new mediacal dictionary. 2014.
Muscles of respiration — The various muscles of respiration aid in both inspiration and expiration, which require changes in the pressure within the thoracic cavity. The respiratory muscles work to achieve this by changing the dimensions of the thoracic cavity. The… … Wikipedia
Accessory visual structures — An unmodified male eyebrow and eye Front of left eye with eyelid … Wikipedia
Accessory nerve — Nerve: Accessory nerve Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves … Wikipedia
Accessory nerve — The accessory nerve is the eleventh cranial nerve. All twelve cranial nerves, the accessory nerve included, emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium) as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. The accessory is so… … Medical dictionary
Accessory nerve disorder — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 2859 ICD10 = ICD10|G|52|8|g|50, ICD10|S|04|7|s|00 ICD9 = ICD9|352.4 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D020436 Injury to the spinal accessory nerve can… … Wikipedia
Accessory neuropathy — Disease of the accessory nerve which is the eleventh cranial nerve. All twelve cranial nerves, the accessory nerve included, emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium) as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. The… … Medical dictionary
accessory — In anatomy, denoting certain muscles, nerves, glands, etc. that are auxiliary or supernumerary to some similar, generally more important thing. SYN: accessorius. [L. accessorius, fr. ac cedo, pp. cessus, to move toward] * * * ac·ces·so·ry ik ses… … Medical dictionary
accessory nerve — spinal accessory nerve the eleventh cranial nerve (XI), which arises from two roots, cranial and spinal. Fibres from the cranial root travel with the nerve for only a short distance before branching to join the vagus and then forming the… … The new mediacal dictionary
accessory nerve — Anat. either one of the eleventh pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers from the spinal cord that innervate the pharyngeal, trapezius, and sternocleidomastoid muscles, and motor fibers from the brain that join the vagus to innervate… … Universalium
accessory nerve — noun Date: circa 1842 either of a pair of motor nerves that are the 11th cranial nerves of higher vertebrates, arise from the medulla and the upper part of the spinal cord, and supply chiefly the pharynx and muscles of the upper chest, back, and… … New Collegiate Dictionary
