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superior laryngeal nerves

superior laryngeal nerves is the plural of superior laryngeal nerve.

Meaning of superior laryngeal nerve

Noun

superior laryngeal nerve (plural superior laryngeal nerves)

  1. One of two branches of the vagus nerve that arises from the ganglion of the vagus situated below the jugular foramen in front of the transverse processes of the first two cervical vertebrae and that passes down the neck to supply the cricothyroid muscle.

Questions about superior laryngeal nerves

What is superior laryngeal nerves the plural of?
Superior laryngeal nerves is the plural of superior laryngeal nerve.

Words near superior laryngeal nerves in the dictionary

  1. superior landlord
  2. superior landlords
  3. superior laryngeal arteries
  4. superior laryngeal artery
  5. superior laryngeal nerve
  6. superior laryngeal nerves
  7. superior lease
  8. superior leases
  9. superior letter
  10. superior letters
  11. superior mesenteric arteries

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