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Clinical examination

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In the examination of the accessory nerve, ask the patient:

  • to shrug there shoulders - feel the bulk of trapezius muscles and then attempt to push his shoulders down
  • to turn his head against resistance - the examiner's hands - and feel the bulk of the sternomastoid muscles

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