Open AccessSPINAL ACCESSORY NERVE IN SUDANESE SUBJECTS;
Author(s) -
Assad Ali Rezigalla,
Sofia B. Mohamed,
Eltahir O. Ali
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2012.19.06.2468
Subject(s) - medicine , anatomy , accessory nerve , trunk , dissection (medical) , spinal nerve , jugular foramen , foramen , cervical plexus , ecology , dorsum , biology , skull
Objective: the aim of this article was to study the spinal accessory nerve in Sudanese subjects. Method: dissection of formalinfixedcadavers' necks. Results: in Sudanese the SAN exits as one trunk from the jugular foramen anterior to IJV then crosses lateral to it.Rarely SAN exits as two branches. Usually the nerve passes beneath SCMM and supply it by direct or side branch. Muscular branches of SANhave connections from the cervical plexus mainly C2, 3. Conclusion: There are some differences in the course, branches and connections ofthe spinal accessory nerve in Sudanese from what is described in standard textbooks of anatomy.