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What artery branch point do the recurrent laryngeal nerves wrap around?
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The carotid arteries.
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Where does this happen on the left and right.
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Left - off the aorta
Right - off the subclavian |
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What direction do both RLN's wrap around?
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They go around front and wrap underneath to the back
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What do the RLN's supply? (They are the only innervation for this)
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The muscles controlling the vocal cords.
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Which surgeries come very close to damaging the recurrent laryngeal nerves?
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Parathyroid and thyroid surgery for both.
Tumor removal for the left. |
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Why may left sided lung cancer patients develop hoarseness?
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They left recurrent laryngeal nerve is pinched.
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