Spinal accessory nucleus
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(Redirected from Accessory nucleus)
| Brain: Spinal accessory nucleus | ||
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| The cranial nerve nuclei schematically represented; dorsal view. Motor nuclei in red; sensory in blue. (Spinal accessory nucleus is at "XI".) | ||
| Latin | nervus spinalis nervi accessorii | |
| NeuroNames | ancil-999 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_11/12583456 | |
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.
Additional images
 Nuclei of origin of cranial motor nerves schematically represented; lateral view. |
 Primary terminal nuclei of the afferent (sensory) cranial nerves schematically represented; lateral view. |
