SPINAL ACCESSORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spinal accessory mean? 

• SPINAL ACCESSORY (noun)
  The noun SPINAL ACCESSORY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SPINAL ACCESSORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPINAL ACCESSORY (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 ("spinal accessory" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

A surgical procedure in which all the ipsilateral cervical lymph node groups of the neck are removed but the internal jugular vein, sternocleidomastoid muscle, and/or spinal accessory nerve are preserved.

(Modified Radical Neck Dissection, NCI Thesaurus)