“spinal accessory”

The following 2 entries include the term spinal accessory.

spinal accessory nerve

noun

spinal accessory nucleus

noun

: a cluster of motor neurons in the ventral horn of the cervical region of the spinal cord that give rise to the accessory nerve

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