Ansa cervicalis as a variant of spinal accessory nerve plexus: A case report

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 540-543

  Khaki, Amir Afshin ^a   Shokouhi, Ghaffar ^a   Shoja, Mohammadali Mohajel ^b   Farahani, Ramin Mostofi Zadeh ^a   Zarrintan, Sina ^b   Khaki, Arash ^c   Montazam, Hasan ^d   Tanoomand, Asghar ^a   Shane Tubbs, M ^e  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory nerve; Anatomical variation; Ansa cervicalis; Reinnervation

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL ANSA; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; SKULL SURGERY; SPINAL CORD; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CADAVER; CERVICAL PLEXUS; FASCIA; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MALE; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 33750017523     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20299     Document Type: Article

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