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superior laryngeal nerve
Branch of:
- vagus nerve at the inferior cervical ganglion
Branches: (at the thyroid cartilage)
1) internal laryngeal nerve
2) external laryngeal nerve
Innervation:
1) mucous membrane of the larynx superior to the vocal folds (internal branch)
2) cricothyroid muscle
Related
external laryngeal nerve
internal laryngeal nerve
vagus nerve (CN X)
General
peripheral nerve
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
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