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recurrent laryngeal nerve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
re-cur-ren-t la-ryn-geal n-erve
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

recurrent laryngeal nerves (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

superior laryngeal nerve inferior laryngeal nerve

Synonyms

recurrent nerve inferior laryngeal nerve

Questions

What does recurrent laryngeal nerve mean?
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.

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