Figure 35 - Organizational model demonstrating the effect of converting a unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) section (a) to a combined unilateral RLN-superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) section (b) when motor neurons involved ipsilaterally are exceeded by those contralaterally.
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Anatomy and development and physiology of the larynx
Clarence T. Sasaki
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo7
NA, nucleus ambiguus; NG, nodose ganglion; NS, nucleus solitarius; RF, reticular formation; L, left; R, right. (Source: Sasaki CT et al.43 with permission from Annals Publishing Co. )
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