Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun accessory_nerve

1 sense of accessory nerve

Sense 1
accessory nerve, spinal accessory, nervus accessorius, eleventh cranial nerve -- (arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve)
       => cranial nerve -- (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)