recurrent laryngeal nerve
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003716
A branch of the vagus nerve that supplies motor function and sensation to the larynx (voice box). It travels within the endoneurium. It is the nerve of the 6th Branchial Arch. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurrent_laryngeal_nerve ]
Synonyms: nervus laryngeus recurrens, vagus X nerve recurrent laryngeal branch, recurrent laryngeal nerve from vagus nerve
Term info
- VHOG:0001347
- Wikipedia:Recurrent_laryngeal_nerve
- AAO:0010754
- GAID:804
- SCTID:24227007
- FMA:6246
- MESH:D012009
Branch of the vagus nerve that separates from the vagus well postcranially, then continues anteriorly to innervate the larynx[AAO:0010754].
inferior laryngeal nerve, ramus recurrens
recurrent nerve
uberon
UBERON:0003716
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Term relations
- laryngeal nerve
- nerve of head region
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- develops from some pharyngeal arch 6
- only in taxon some Tetrapoda
- branching part of some vagus nerve
- part of some vagus nerve