An Unusual Superior Root of the Ansa Cervicalis

The ansa cervicalis is located around the carotid sheath and forms a neural loop, which consists of superior and inferior roots. It innervates the infrahyoid muscles. Anatomical variations of the superior root of the ansa cervicalis are uncommon. Herein, we present an extremely rare case of the supe...

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Autores principales: Kikuta, Shogo, Iwanaga, Joe, Kusukawa, Jingo, Tubbs, R. Shane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Miscellaneous
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6597134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31281742
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4558
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author Kikuta, Shogo
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description The ansa cervicalis is located around the carotid sheath and forms a neural loop, which consists of superior and inferior roots. It innervates the infrahyoid muscles. Anatomical variations of the superior root of the ansa cervicalis are uncommon. Herein, we present an extremely rare case of the superior root of the ansa cervicalis arising both from the hypoglossal and vagus nerves.
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spelling pubmed-65971342019-07-05 An Unusual Superior Root of the Ansa Cervicalis Kikuta, Shogo Iwanaga, Joe Kusukawa, Jingo Tubbs, R. Shane Cureus Miscellaneous The ansa cervicalis is located around the carotid sheath and forms a neural loop, which consists of superior and inferior roots. It innervates the infrahyoid muscles. Anatomical variations of the superior root of the ansa cervicalis are uncommon. Herein, we present an extremely rare case of the superior root of the ansa cervicalis arising both from the hypoglossal and vagus nerves. Cureus 2019-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6597134/ /pubmed/31281742 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4558 Text en Copyright © 2019, Kikuta et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6597134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31281742
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4558
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