Spinal accessory nucleus

Spinal accessory nucleus

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Name = Spinal accessory nucleus
Latin = nervus spinalis nervi accessorii
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Caption = The cranial nerve nuclei schematically represented; dorsal view. Motor nuclei in red; sensory in blue. (Spinal accessory nucleus is at "XI".)


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The spinal accessory nucleus lies within the cervical spinal cord (C1-C5) in the ventral horn. The nucleus ambiguus is classically said to provide the "cranial component" of the accessory nerve.

However, the very existence of this cranial component has been recently questioned and seen as contributing exclusively to the vagus nerve.

The terminology continues to be used in describing both human anatomy,cite journal |author=Routal RV, Pal GP |title=Location of the spinal nucleus of the accessory nerve in the human spinal cord |journal=J. Anat. |volume=196 ( Pt 2) |issue= |pages=263-8 |year=2000 |pmid=10739022 |doi= |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0021-8782&date=2000&volume=196&issue=&spage=263] and that of other animals.cite journal |author=Ullah M, Mansor O, Ismail ZI, Kapitonova MY, Sirajudeen KN |title=Localization of the spinal nucleus of accessory nerve in rat: a horseradish peroxidase study |journal=J. Anat. |volume=210 |issue=4 |pages=428-38 |year=2007 |pmid=17428204 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00709.x |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0021-8782&date=2007&volume=210&issue=4&spage=428]


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References

External links

* [http://www.sylvius.com/index/s/spinal_accessory_nucleus.html Sylvius]
* [http://hsc.unm.edu/touch/datasets/datasets/31/index.shtml University of New Mexico]
* [http://www.georgetown.edu/dml/educ/neurolab/slideGT8andKey.htm Georgetown]


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