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left recurrent laryngeal nerve
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0011766
Term info
Label
left recurrent laryngeal nerve
Synonyms
- left recurrent laryngeal branch
- left recurrent laryngeal nerve
- vagus X nerve left recurrent laryngeal branch
depicted by
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Recurrent_laryngeal_nerve.svg
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0011766
taxon notes
The left nerve is longer than the right, because it crosses under the arch of the aorta at the ligamentum arteriosum.[WP]