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Nerves, Recurrent Laryngeal

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Nerves, Recurrent Laryngeal Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Nerves, Recurrent Laryngeal?

Branches of the vagus (tenth cranial) nerve. The recurrent laryngeal nerves originate more caudally than the superior laryngeal nerves and follow different paths on the right and left sides. They carry efferents to all muscles of the larynx except the cricothyroid and carry sensory and autonomic fibers to the laryngeal, pharyngeal, tracheal, and cardiac regions.

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