HyperDic: accessory_nerve

English > 1 sense of the expression *accessory nerve*:
NOUN	body	accessory nerve, spinal accessory, nervus accessorius, eleventh cranial nerve	arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve

English > *accessory nerve*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	Arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve.
Synonyms	spinal accessory, nervus accessorius, eleventh cranial nerve
Broader	cranial nerve	Any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
Spanish	nervio accesorio, nervus accessorius
Catalan	nervus accessorius