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This nerve is motor to at least the trapezius and cranial part of the sternocephalicus muscles. Loss of function is difficult to detect, in horses at least, without an electromyographic study. Some cases of cervical scoliosis, associated with lesions such as those with listeriosis and equine protozoal myeloencephalitis, may involve the accessory nuclei.