Recurrent laryngeal nerve
System
Nervous
SNOMED CT
24227007
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Definition
A branch of the vagus nerve that supplies motor function and sensation to the larynx (voice box). It travels within the endoneurium. It is the nerve of the 6th Branchial Arch.
Also known as nervus laryngeus recurrens, recurrent laryngeal nerve from vagus nerve, vagus X nerve recurrent laryngeal branch — per UBERON
The Recurrent laryngeal nerve is a part of the Nervous.