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 information
- GAID:804
- AAO:0010754
- MESH:D012009
- FMA:6246
- Wikipedia:Recurrent_laryngeal_nerve
- VHOG:0001347
- SCTID:24227007
Branch of the vagus nerve that separates from the vagus well postcranially, then continues anteriorly to innervate the larynx[AAO:0010754].
Term relations
- laryngeal nerve
- nerve of head region
- develops from some pharyngeal arch 6
- only in taxon some Tetrapoda
- branching part of some vagus nerve