Laryngeal branching pattern of the inferior laryngeal nerve, before entering the larynx

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-342

  Yalçın, Bülent ^a   Tuğcu, Harun ^a   Cantürk, Nergis ^b   Ozan, Hasan ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Institute of Forensic Medicine Ministry of Justice ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Inferior constrictor muscle; Inferior laryngeal nerve; Laryngeal branches; Larynx; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LARYNX; LARYNX MUSCLE; LARYNX SURGERY; MALE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID SURGERY; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 33746725259     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-006-0118-8     Document Type: Article

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