While assisting in the emergency removal of a small toy from a young child's piriform recess, the attending physician asks you to tell him what nerve might be injured if the mucosa lining the recess is penetrated. You reply the:
A) vagus nerve.
B) glossopharyngeal nerve.
C) lingual nerve.
D) internal laryngeal nerve.
E) spinal accessory nerve.
Ans: D
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