Non-recurrent laryngeal nerve.
Two cases of a right non-recurrent nerve were encountered in 203 thyroidectomies. In its abnormal, non-recurrent course the nerve passes transversely from under the carotid sheath and takes a position which is at right-angles to the normal recurrent laryngeal nerve.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007823:Laryngeal Nerves / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology; D013965:Thyroidectomy