Anatomic landmarks for localization of the spinal accessory nerve

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-475

  Durazzo, Marcelo D ^a,b   Furlan, Julio C ^a,b   Teixeira, Gilberto V ^a   Friguglietti, Celso U M ^a   Kulcsar, Marco A V ^a   MagalhaeS, Roberto P ^a   Ferraz, Alberto R ^a   Brando, Lenine G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

spinal accessory nerve; anatomy; lymph node

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLAS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MANDIBLE; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; STOMACH MUSCLE; TENDON; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 66249130057     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20796     Document Type: Article

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