accessory nucleus

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Introduction

A slender column of motor neurons extending longitudinally through the central & lateral parts of the ventral horn of the cervical spinal cord

It consists of cell bodies for fibers of the accessory nerve (CN XI).

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999