TY - JOUR JF - MJIRI JO - Med J Islam Repub Iran VL - 24 IS - 4 PY - 2011 Y1 - 2011/2/01 TI - A rare anatomical variant of ansa cervicalis: case report TT - N2 - AbsractA rare variant of ansa cervicalis was discovered during dissection of the neck in amale cadaver. The superior root of the Ansa cervicalis was formed by the C1 ventralramus. It accompanied with the vagus nerve in place of the hypoglossal nerve and descendedinto the carotid sheath with it. Moreover the C1 ventral ramus formed fromthe sheath and joined the inferior root from C2 and C3 ventral rami. SP - 238 EP - 240 AU - Ayyoubian, Mahmood AU - Koruji, Morteza AD - KW - Ansa cervicalis KW - vagus nerve KW - anatomical variation. UR - http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-223-en.html ER -