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recurrent laryngeal nerve

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recurrent laryngeal nerve

Noun

(neuroanatomy) One of two branches of the vagus nerve that arises below the larynx, loops under the subclavian artery on the right side and under the arch of the aorta on the left, and returns upward to the larynx to supply all the muscles of the thyroid except the cricothyroid muscle.

Japanese Meaning

反回喉頭神経：迷走神経の枝の一つで、喉頭の下から分岐し、右側では鎖骨下動脈の下、左側では大動脈弓の下を回って上行し、喉頭に向かう神経。喉頭内のほぼ全ての筋肉（ただし、甲状軟骨筋＝クルチコサイディアル筋を除く）に枝を供給する。

What is this buttons?

During thyroid surgery, the surgeon carefully identifies the recurrent laryngeal nerve to avoid damaging the vocal cord innervation.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

甲状腺手術中、外科医は声帯の神経支配を損なわないように、喉頭の下で起こり、右側では鎖骨下動脈の下を、左側では大動脈弓の下を回って上行し、輪甲筋を除く甲状腺の筋を支配する枝、反回喉頭神経を注意深く同定する。

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(neuroanatomy) One of two branches of the vagus nerve that arises below the larynx, loops under the subclavian artery on the right side and under the arch of the aorta on the left, and returns upward to the larynx to supply all the muscles of the thyroid except the cricothyroid muscle.

recurrent laryngeal nerves

（ plural ）

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