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MeSH Heading: Accessory Nerve
Tree Number(s): A08.800.800.120.060
Unique ID: D000055
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000055
Annotation: neoplasm = ACCESSORY NERVE DISEASES (IM) + CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM)
Scope Note: The 11th cranial nerve which originates from NEURONS in the MEDULLA and in the CERVICAL SPINAL CORD. It has a cranial root, which joins the VAGUS NERVE (10th cranial) and sends motor fibers to the muscles of the LARYNX, and a spinal root, which sends motor fibers to the TRAPEZIUS and the sternocleidomastoid muscles.
Entry Term(s): Cranial Nerve XI; Eleventh Cranial Nerve; Nerve XI; Nervus Accessorius; Spinal Accessory Nerve
NLM Classification #: WL 330
Entry Combination: injuries:Accessory Nerve Injuries
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/06/13

Entry Combination: injuries:Accessory Nerve Injuries
Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0000081
Scope Note: The 11th cranial nerve which originates from NEURONS in the MEDULLA and in the CERVICAL SPINAL CORD. It has a cranial root, which joins the VAGUS NERVE (10th cranial) and sends motor fibers to the muscles of the LARYNX, and a spinal root, which sends motor fibers to the TRAPEZIUS and the sternocleidomastoid muscles.
Terms: Accessory Nerve Preferred Term
Term UI T000148
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Cranial Nerve XI
Term UI T000150
Date07/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Eleventh Cranial Nerve
Term UI T000149
Date07/31/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Nerve XI
Term UI T856514
Date03/14/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Nervus Accessorius
Term UI T856515
Date03/14/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Spinal Accessory Nerve
Term UI T000151
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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