Accessory nerve
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Nerve: Accessory nerve Course and distribution of the glossopharyngeal , vagus , and accessory nerve s.
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| colspan="2" |Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal , vagus , and accessory nerve s.
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|Latin n. accessorius
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|Innervates
|colspan="2"|sternocleidomastoid muscle , trapezius muscle
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|MeSH [A08.800.800.120.060 ]
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The accessory nerve (or "Spinal accessory nerve") is the eleventh of twelve cranial nerves . It leaves the cranium through the jugular foramen along with the glossopharyngeal nerve (IX) and vagus nerve (X). It innervates the sternocleidomastoid muscle (sternomastoid) and trapezius muscle on the ipsilateral side.
There are two parts to the accessory nerve:
A spinal part , that innervates the muscles around the neck. A cranial part , that splits off, and quickly combines with the vagus nerve . The cranial part of nerve XI can be thought of doing the exact same things as the vagus. Testing the accessory nerve
Getting a person to shrug their shoulder s while you push down tests trapezius. When a person turns their head, especially against force, sternocleidomastoid should be prominent.
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Major nerve s (also see Peripheral nervous system )
Cranial nerves I olfactory | II optic | III oculomotor | IV trochlear | V trigeminal | V1 ophthalmic (lacrimal , frontal , supratrochlear , supraorbital , nasociliary , ciliary ganglion ) | V2 maxillary (sphenopalatine ganglion ) | V3 mandibular (buccal - auriculotemporal - lingual - inferior alveolar - otic ganglion ) | VI abducens | VII facial (chorda tympani , nervus intermedius ) | VIII vestibulocochlear (cochlear , vestibular ) | IX glossopharyngeal | X vagus (recurrent laryngeal , Alderman's nerve ) | XI accessory | XII hypoglossal
Posterior spinal nerve s:greater occipital
C1-C4 - Cervical plexus : lesser occipital | greater auricular | lesser auricular | phrenic | ansa cervicalis
C5-C8, T1 - Brachial plexus : supraclavicular branches (dorsal scapular , suprascapular , long thoracic ) | lateral cord musculocutaneous , lateral antibrachial cutaneous , lateral head of median nerve ) | medial cord ulnar , medial head of median nerve , medial antibrachial cutaneous , medial brachial cutaneous ) | posterior cord axillary , radial )
T2-T11: intercostal
T12, L1-L5 - Lumbar plexus : iliohypogastric | ilioinguinal | genitofemoral | lateral femoral cutaneous | femoral | obturator
S1-S4 - Sacral plexus : gluteal | posterior femoral cutaneous | tibial | sciatic | sural | common peroneal
S2-S5 - Pudendal plexus : perforating cutaneous | pudendal | visceral | muscular | anococcygeal
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