In the last part of the nineteenth century, a German/British laryngologist named Felix Semon formulated a medical law that now bears his name, Semon's Law

The law states that in any injury of a certain nerve, the abductors of the vocal cord become affected sooner than the adductors. The nerve that Semon's Law refers to is the:
A) superior laryngeal.
B) recurrent laryngeal.
C) internal laryngeal.
D) external laryngeal.
E) glossopharyngeal.


Ans: B

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