KROK 1 2010 – Question 181 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
Ultrasonic examination of a patient revealed aneurism in the area of aortic arch that caused alteration of vocal function of larynx. What nerve was constricted?
- A. Superior laryngeal
- B. Diaphragmatic
- C. Recurrent laryngeal
- D. Mandibular
- E. Sublingual
Hint
Recall the course of the nerve that supplies most of the intrinsic muscles of the larynx and where it passes relative to the aortic arch.
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