accessory nerve
accessory nerve
nounDefinition of ACCESSORY NERVE
: either of a pair of motor nerves that are the 11th cranial nerves of higher vertebrates, arise from the medulla and the upper part of the spinal cord, and supply chiefly the pharynx and muscles of the upper chest, back, and shoulders
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circa 1842
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