ELEVENTH CRANIAL NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eleventh cranial nerve mean? 

• ELEVENTH CRANIAL NERVE (noun)
  The noun ELEVENTH CRANIAL NERVE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ELEVENTH CRANIAL NERVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELEVENTH CRANIAL NERVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

accessory nerve; eleventh cranial nerve; nervus accessorius; spinal accessory

Hypernyms ("eleventh cranial nerve" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)

 Context examples 

A disorder characterized by involvement of the accessory nerve (eleventh cranial nerve).

(Accessory Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder affecting the accessory nerve (eleventh cranial nerve).

(Accessory Nerve Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

The eleventh cranial nerve.

(Accessory Nerve, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)