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accessory nerve

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Either of the 11th pair of cranial nerves, which convey motor impulses to the pharynx and muscles of the upper thorax, back, and shoulders.

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  • noun medicine, physiology The 11th cranial nerves of higher vertebrates, controlling the pharynx, and the muscles of the upper chest and shoulders.

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  • noun arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve

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