See Also: superior root of ansa cervicalis(medicine)
inferior root of ansa cervicalis(medicine)
ansa cervicalis(medicine)
radix superior ansae cervicalis(medicine)
nervus cardiacus cervicalis superior(medicine)
superior root of vestibulocochlear nerve(medicine)
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ansa(medicine)
ansa(dictionary)
ansa peduncularis(medicine)

superior root of ansa cervicalis (medicine)


superior root of ansa cervicalis


The fibres that arise from the first and second cervical nerves, accompany the hypoglossal nerve, then branch off to meet the inferior root in the ansa cervicalis; they innervate the infrahyoid muscles.

Synonym: descendens hypoglossi, descending branch of hypoglossal nerve, radix superior ansae cervicalis.