accessory nerve

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   arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve

   Synonymsspinal accessorynervus accessoriuseleventh cranial nerve

   Broadercranial nerve

Questions about accessory nerve

What does accessory nerve mean?

accessory nerve means "arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve".

What is another word for accessory nerve?

Close synonyms include spinal accessory, nervus accessorius, eleventh cranial nerve. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is accessory nerve a common word?

accessory nerve is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.