About The Medical Condition Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

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Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve?

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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