Re-examination of the medullary rootlets of the accessory and vagus nerves

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-22

  Wiles, Crispin C R ^a   Wrigley, B ^a   Greene, J R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cranial root; Filament; Jugular foramen; Posterior cranial fossa; Spinal root

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CRANIAL NERVE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUGULAR FORAMEN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEDULLARY ROOTLET; NERVE ROOT; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; OLIVARY EMINENCE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SPINOMEDULLARY JUNCTION; VAGUS NERVE;

ACCESSORY NERVE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33845425007     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20260     Document Type: Article

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