anatomyЖурнал анатомии и гистопатологииJournal of Anatomy and Histopathology2225-7357N.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University10.18499/2225-7357-2019-8-3-108-113anatomy-963Research ArticleОБЗОРНЫЕ СТАТЬИREVIEW ARTICLESСовременные клинико-анатомические представления о строении и функциях добавочного нерваModern clinical and anatomical ideas on the structure and functions of the accessory nerveСоколовД. А.SokolovD. A.

Соколов Дмитрий Александрович

ул. Студенческая, 10, Воронеж, 394036

Dmitrii Sokolov

ul. Studencheskaya, 10, Voronezh, 394036

anat-vrn@yandex.ruАлексееваН. Т.AlexeevaN. T.КварацхелияА. Г.KvaratskheliyaA. G.ФГБОУ ВО «Воронежский государственный медицинский университет им. Н.Н. Бурденко» Минздрава РоссииN.N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University20191510201983108113Copyright © Соколов Д.А., Алексеева Н.Т., Кварацхелия А.Г., 20192019Соколов Д.А., Алексеева Н.Т., Кварацхелия А.Г.Sokolov D.A., Alexeeva N.T., Kvaratskheliya A.G.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://anatomy.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/963

Структурно-функциональная организация добавочного нерва остается предметом дискуссий в виду особенностей его строения. Данные, представленные в учебной литературе, требуют пересмотра и уточнения. В настоящее время накопилось большое количество публикаций, которые отражают различные проявления индивидуальной вариабельности ветвей добавочного нерва. В настоящем обзоре суммированы современные данные, которые позволят сформировать более полное представление о функциональной анатомии и морфологической изменчивости добавочного нерва.

The structural and functional organization of the accessory nerve remains a subject of discussion in view of its structural features. The data presented in the educational literature require revision and clarification. Currently, a large number of publications have accumulated reflecting various manifestations of the individual variability of the branches of the accessory nerve. This review summarizes modern data that will allow us to form a more complete picture of the functional anatomy and morphological variability of the accessory nerve.

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